Acrocercops brongniardella (Fabricius, 1798)
brown oak slender
Quercus robur, Aalten
Quercus robur, Biddinghuizen, Spijk- en Bremerbergbos © Hans Jonkman: young mine
Quercus robur, Belgie, prov. Namen, Rochefort, Les Paires © Chris Snyers: foto taken on September 12th, 2015
Quercus palustris, Belgium, prov. Limburg, Genk, Diepenbekerbos © Carina Van Steenwinkel
mine
The mine begins as a rather tortuous upper surface, epidermal, corridor. As a rule several mines on a leaf, and when the corridors widen they coalesce into one white epidermal blotch. After a moult the larvae start consuming the palissade parenchyma that forms the floor of their communal mine, which is not widened any more. Pupation outside the mine.
host plants
Fagaceae, monophagous
Quercus cerris, dalechampii, faginea, x hispanica, ilex, infectoria subsp. veneris, ithaburensis subsp. macrolepis, palustris, petraea, pubescens, pyrenaica, robur, rubra, suber.
Occasionally Castanea sativa (Heckford, 1993a).
phenology
Larvae in June (Emmet ao, 1985a).
BENELUX
BE recorded (Phegea, 2008).
NE recorded (Kuchlein & de Vos, 1999a; Microlepidoptera.nl, 2008).
LUX recorded (Fauna Europaea, 2008).
distribution within Europe
Entire Europe (Fauna Europaea, 2008).
larva
pupa
Described by Patočka & Turčáni (2005a).
synonyms
Coriscium brongniardellum.
references
Amsel & Hering (1933a), Barton (2015a) Cyprus, Bengtsson & Johansson (2011a), Biesenbaum (2010a), Buhr (1930a, 1964a), Buszko (1992b), Corley (2005a), Csóka (2003a), Deutschmann (2008a), Emmet, Watkinson & Wilson (1985a), van Frankenhuyzen & Houtman (1972a), van Frankenhuyzen Houtman & Kabos (1982a), Grandi (1931a, 1933a), Hartig (1939a), Heckford (1993a), Hering (1924a, 1934a, 1936b, 1957a, 1967a), Huisman & Koster (2000a), Jaworski (2009a), (Klimesch, 1942a, 1950c), Kollár (2007a), Kollár & Hrubík (2009a), Kuchlein & de Vos (1999a), Lhomme (1934d), Maček (1999a), Matošević, Pernek, Dubravac & Barić (2009a), Menhofer (1943a), Nowakowski (1954a), Olivella (2002a), Patočka & Turčáni (2005a), Pinzari, Pinzari & Zilli (2013a), De Prins (2010a), Robbins (1991a), Schütze (1931a), Sefrová (2005a), Skala (1951a), Sønderup (1949a), Stammer (2016a), Starý (1930a), Stolnicu (2007a), Szőcs (1977a, 1981a), Tomov & Dimitrov (2007a).