Artemisia maritima, Austria, Burgenland, Neusiedlersee; from Deschka (1982a).

mine

The primary mine is a long narrow corridor, containing frass, following the leaf margin; primary mines are always made in shaded leaves. Secondary mines are made from the leaf margin, that is sliced open, almost always at or near the tip of a leaf segment; from here the larva mines 0.3 – 3 mm into the leaf blade.

hostplants

Asteraceae, monophagous

Artemisia scoparia, santonicum.

phenology

Bivoltine, hibernation as egg or young larva (Patočka, 1996a).

distribution within Europe

Austria, Slovakia (Fauna Europaea, 2009).

larva

Mining larva yellow with dark brown head; older larvae are grey-green.

pupa

Described by Patočka (1996a), Patočka & Turčáni (2005a). The pupa lies in a narrow white, ribbed cocoon, attached to the host plant.

references

Deschka (1982a), Z Laštůvka, A Laštůvka, Liška ao (1992a), Patočka (1996a), Patočka & Turčáni (2005a), Szabóky, Tokár, Liska & Pastorális (2009a).