Calybites phasianipennella (Hübner, 1813)
little slender
Lysimachia vulgaris, Poland, Bialowieza © Sébastien Carbonelle: mine and leaf roll
cocoon, taken out of the leaf roll
pupa
Lysimachia vulgaris, Belgium, prov. Luxembourg, Sampont; © Jean-Yves Baugnée
Rumex acetosella, southern England; © Rob Edmunds
Polygonum hydropiper, Dinther © Cun Wijnen
another one
Persicaria dubia, Wolfheze; the two mines each contained a dead gracillariid larva, almost certainly C. phasianipennella. Perhaps the host plant was unsuitable.
same mines, lighted from behind
mine
Initially a pale, later brown, usually lower-surface blotch. The blotch is preceded by an epidermal corridor, but that may be obliterated by the later blotch. Silk at the inside of the mine causes it to buckle up a bit, and obtain folds. The reddish brown frass is accumulated in a corner of the mine. The older larva leaves the mine and continues feeding inside an untidy cone, made by cutting off a strip of leaf tissue and stitching it in place with silk. Here also the cocoon is formed.
host plants
Polyphagous in herbs
Chenopodium hybridum; Fallopia baldschuanica, convolvulus; Lysimachia vulgaris; Lythrum salicaria; Oxyria digyna; Persicaria amphibia, hydropiper, lapathifolia, maculosa; Rumex acetosa, acetosella, aquaticus, hydrolapathum, obtusifolius.
phenology
Larvae from July till September; one generation per year, hibernation as pupa (Emmet, Watkinson & Wilson, 1985a).
BENELUX
BE recorded (Phegea, 2009).
NE recorded (Kuchlein & de Vos, 1999a; Microlepidoptera.nl, 2009).
LUX not recorded (Fauna Europaea, 2009).
distribution within Europe
Entire Europe (Fauna Europaea, 2009).
larva
pupa
Described by Patočka & Turčáni (2005a).
synonyms
Euspilapteryx, Eucalybites, phasianipennella.
references
Beiger (1979a), Bengtsson & Johansson (2011a), Biesenbaum (2010a), SCS Brown (1947a), Buhr (1935b, 1964a), Buszko (1992b), Deschka & Wimmer (2000a), Deutschmann (2008a), Drăghia (1972a), Emmet, Watkinson & Wilson (1985a), Hering (1921a, 1957a), Huber (1969a), Jaworski (2009a), Klimesch & Skala (1936b), Kvičala (1938a), Nowakowski (1954), Patočka & Turčáni (2005a), De Prins (2004a), Robbins (1991a), Schütze (1931a), Skala (1950a), Skala & Zavřel (1945a), Sønderup (1949a), Szőcs (1977a, 1978a), Utech (1962a), Zoerner (1970a).