Calybites phasianipennella (Hübner, 1813)

little slender

on Persicaria, etc.

Persicaria maculosa, Leersum, 8.ix.2020 © Ben van As

mine and leaf roll

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

Chenopodiastrum 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

Baldizzone & scalercio (2018a), Beiger (1979a), Bengtsson & Johansson (2011a), Biesenbaum (2010a), Brown (1947a), Buhr (1935b, 1964a), Buszko (1992b), Corley, Merckx, Marabuto ao (2013a), Deschka & Wimmer (2000a), Deutschmann (2008a), Drăghia (1972a), Emmet, Watkinson & Wilson (1985a), Hering (1921a, 1957a), Huber (1969a), Huisman, Koster, van Nieukerken & Ulenberg (2005a), 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), Triberti, Longo Turri, Adami & Zanetti (2017a), Utech (1962a), Zoerner (1970a).