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).