Scrobipalpa voltinella (Chrétien, 1898)

Lepidoptera, Gelechiidae

mine

Large blotch in the basal leaves; frass massed in the oldest part of the mine. Pupation external.

hostplants

Asteraceae, oligophagous?

Rhaponticum coniferum; Tanacetum corymbosum.

Hering (1957a) remarks that the two hostplants mentioned taxonomically are so widely separated that it is improbable that the same miner occurs in both species.

phenology

Larvae in March – April, but Huemer & Karsholt (2010a) have indications for a second, later, generation.

distribution within Europe

Southern France, Spain, Serbia (Fauna Europaea, 2010).

references

Hering (1957a), Huemer & Karsholt (2010a).

31/10/2013