Phyllonorycter cerasicolella (Herrich-Schäffer, 1855)
cherry midget
mine
Lower-surface tentiform mine, usually between two side veins, without clear folds (Triberti, 2007a).
host plants
On a variety of cultivated Prunus species; in the wild on Prunus cerasifera, fruticosa, mahaleb; rarely P. spinosa. Where Malus species grow in proximity of cultivated Prunus, mines may occur also on Apple (Tribert, 2007a).
phenology
In the UK in two generations, perhaps three in Belgium (Chris Snyers, in litt.). The larva hibernates in the mine and pupates only in spring (Emmet, Watkinson & Wilson, 1985a).
BENELUX
Based on observations of mines on Prunus avium and cerasus at a number of localities in the Netherlands (Noctua, 2007) it may be assumed that the species is present at least in the Netherlands.
distribution within Europe
Entire Europe except the north of Scandinavia (Triberti, 2007a).
larva
Extensively described by Cravedi (1992a).
pupa
Margins of frontal appendage straight. Rear margin of cremaster straight to convex (Triberti, 2007a).
synonyms
Lithocolletis domesticella Sorhagen, 1900; Phyllonorycter persicella (Steudel, 1882); Ph. mahalebella (Mühlig, 1863).
notes
Until the revision by Triberti (2007a) the distinction between P. cerasicolella and spinicolella was quite unclear. Several authors, including the ones responsible for the relevant part of the Fauna Europaea (2007) considered the two synonym.
references
Bengtsson & Johansson (2011a), Bouček (1959a), Buhr (1936a, 1964a), Buszko (1992b), Cravedi (1992a), Deutsch (2012a), Deutschmann (2008a), Drăghia (1982a), Emmet, Watkinson & Wilson (1985a), van Frankenhuyzen & Houtman (1972a), van Frankenhuyzen Houtman & Kabos (1982a), Grabe (1955a), Gregor & Patočka (2001a), Haase (1942a), Hartig (1939a), Hering (1957a, 1963a), Huber (1969a), Huemer (1988a, 2012a), Huemer & Erlebach (2003a), Huisman & Koster (1996a), Kasy (1983a, 1987a), Klimesch (1950c), Kollár & Hrubík (2009a), Kuchlein & Donner (1993a), Kuchlein & de Vos (1999a), Kvičala (1938a), Lhomme (1934c), Maček (1999a), Nel & Varenne (2014a), Nowakowski (1954a), Patočka & Turčáni (2005a), Pröse (1981a), Robbins (1991a), Sefrová (2005a), Skala (1941a, 1951a), Skala & Zavřel (1945a), Sønderup (1949a), Starý (1930a), Surányi (1942a), Szőcs (1977a, 1978a, 1981), Tourlan (1980a), Triberti (2007a), Yefremova & Kravchenko (2015a).