Parornix scoticella (Stainton, 1850)
rowan slender

Malus domestica, Belgium, prov. Namur, Couvin, Boussu-en-Fagne © Stéphane Claerebout

larva

Sorbus torminalis, Belgium, prov. Namur, Philippeville, Fagnolles © Stéphane Claerebout

detail

Sorbus aucuparia, Reusel: surface of the mine

cocoon
mine
The mine begins with a lower-surface epidermal corridor, but soon the larva starts feeding on the sponge parenchyma. The mine then becomes a flat lower-surface blotch. Silk, deposited in the mine causes the lower epidermis to pucker ligtly. The lower (later also the upper) epidermis of the mine is greyish brown to brown. After leaving the mine the larva lives freely under a folded leaf margin, or in a fold at the underside of the leaf, in its centre, that is covered with silk.
hostplants
Rosaceae, oligophagous
Cotoneaster nebrodensis; Malus sylvestris; Sorbus aria, aucuparia, chamaemespilus, intermedia, torminalis.
Sorbus aucuparia is the most important hostplant. References to Dryas octopetala probably stem from confusion with Parornix alpicola.
phenology
Larvae in June – July and August – September (Emmet ao, 1985a; Hering, 1957a).
BENELUX
BE recorded (Phegea, 2009).
NE recorded (Kuchlein & de Vos, 1999a; Microlepidoptera.nl, 2009).
LUX not recorded (Fauna Europaea, 2009).
distribution within Europe
All Europe (Fauna Europaea, 2009).
larva
pupa
Described by Patočka (2001b), Patočka & Turčáni (2005a).
synonyms
Ornix scoticella; Ornix canella Tengström, 1859; Parornix fulluzella (Chrétien, 1898).
references
Baldizzone (2004a), Bengtsson & Johansson (2011a), Biesenbaum (2010a), Buhr (1937a, 1964a), Buszko (1992b), Corley, Maravalhas & Passos de Carvalho (2006a), Deutschmann (2008a), Emmet, Watkinson & Wilson (1985a), Haase (1942a), Hartig (1939a), Hering (1957a), Huber (1969a), Huemer (1988a, 2012a), Jaworski (2009a), Klimesch (1950c), Klimesch & Skala (1936b), Kuchlein & Donner (1993a), Kuchlein & de Vos (1999a), Maček (1999a), Nowakowski (1954a), Patočka (2001b), Patočka & Turčáni (2005a), De Prins (1998a), De Prins & Steeman (2013a), Robbins (1991a), Schütze (1931a), Sefrová (2005a), Sønderup (1949a), Svensson (1976a), Zoerner (1970a).
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