Genista sagittalis, Belgium, prov. Namur, Eprave, calcareous grassland © Jean-Yves Baugnée

mine

Often very long, strongly folded and inflated, tentiform mine in the broad wings along the stem.

hostplants

Fabaceae, monophagous

Genista sagittalis.

phenology

Larvae in April – May, and again in August (Hering, 1957a).

BENELUX

BE recorded (Phegea, 2010).

NE not recorded (Fauna Europaea, 2010).

LUX not recorded (Fauna Europaea, 2010).

distribution within Europe

From Germany to the Iberian Peninsula, the Alps, and Albania, and from France to the Ukraine and Bulgaria (Fauna Europaea, 2010).

pupa

See Gregor & Patočka (2001a), Patočka & Turčáni (2006a).

synonyms

Lithocolletis cerasinella.

references

Gregor & Patočka (2001a), Hering (1957a), A & Z Laštuvka (2006a), Nel & Varenne (2014a), Patočka & Turčáni (2005a), Szőcs (1977a).