Parornix anguliferella (Zeller, 1847)

mine

Lower-surface, epidermal, corridor, continued into a blotch. Some silk is deposited in the blotch, causing it to form a weakly contracted tentiform mine. After some time the larva leaves the mine and continues living in a folded leaf margin. Several folds are made before pupation.

hostplants

Rosaceae, oligophagous

Amelanchier ovalis; Cydonia oblonga; Prunus avium, glandulosa, mahaleb, persica, spinosa; Pyrus communis, spinosa; Sorbus.

phenology

Larvae in June (Hering, 1957a).

BENELUX

BE not recorded (Fauna Europaea, 2009).

NE extinct (Kuchlein & de Vos, 1999a).

LUX not recorded (Fauna Europaea, 2009).

distribution within Europe

From Germany to Sardinia, Sicily, and Greece, and from the Netherlands to southern Russia (Fauna Europaea, 2009).

pupa

See the key in Patočka & Turčáni (2005a).

references

Biesenbaum (2010a), Buhr (1935b), Buszko (1992b), Buszko & Beshkov (2004a), Hering (1957a), Huemer (1988a), Klimesch (1942a, 1958c), Klimesch & Skala (1936b), Kolbeck, Lichtmannecker & Pröse (2005a), Kuchlein & Donner (1993a), Kuchlein & de Vos (1999a), Maček (1999a), Patočka & Turčáni (2005a), Schütze (1931a), Skala & Zavřel (1945a), Szőcs (1977a, 1981a).