Phyllonorycter belotella (Staudinger, 1859)


Quercus coccifera, Greece, Lesbos, Kalimvátera

Quercus ilex, upperside; from A & Z Laštuvka (2007a)
mine
Upper surface epidermal, silvery blotch without folds. Frass partly as loosely scattered grains, partly as a central, dark brown tar-like patch on the roof of the mine. Pupation within the mine in a clear cocoon.
host plants
Fagaceae, narrowly monophagous
Quercus coccifera, ilex, rotundifolia, suber.
The species mentioned are evergreen oaks. The occurrence on the deciduous Q. robur and rubra (Maček, 1999a) is improbable.
phenology
Larvae in November – March and April – May (Hering, 1957a).
distribution within Europe
Mediterranean Region from Iberia till Greece (Fauna Europaea, 2009).
larva
Second stage larva with a paired, triangular spot on thergite 2, an unpaired, broad spot on tergite 3, and a compact dorso-median spot on abdomen 1-8. See Klimesch (1943a) for the chaetotaxy.
pupa
synonyms
Phyllonorycter joviella (Constant, 1890); Ph. anatolica (Deschka, 1970).
references
Buhr (1930a), Deschka (1970b, 2014a), Hering (1932e [“ioviella”], 1934a, 1936b, 1957a, 1967a), Klimesch (1943a, 1956c), Klimesch & Skala (1936b), A & Z Laštuvka (2007a, 2014a), Maček (1999a), Nel & Varenne (2014a), Olivella (2002a), Soffner (1942a).