Phyllonorycter deschkai Triberti, 2007
Amelanchier ovalis, Russia, Moscow region, Orekhovo-Zuevsky district, Voinovo-gora village, 26.ix.2017 © Andrey Ponomarev
another specimen, underside
larva, dorsal
pupa in cocoon
pupa, dorsaal …
… ventral …
… lateral
exuvium
imago
mine
Lower-surface thin tentiform mine, 14-16 mm long, with only rarely some indistinct folds.
Amelanchier ovalis; Cotoneaster integerrimus, nebrodensis; Sorbus aria, chamaemespilus.
phenology
Bivoltine, the dates dependent on th altitude; hibernation as pupa.
distribution within Europe
Alps, 500-1750 m (Triberti, 2007a).
pupa
Cremaster with two pair of thorns, the inner pair about half as heavy as the outer one; the thorns of the outer pair curved outwards, those in the inner pair inwards. The thorns of the outer and inner pair just touch each other at their base, but do not overlap.
notes
As far as Triberti’s description goes, the pupa seems to key out near Ph. sorbi in the key by Gregor & Patočka (2001a).
references
Gregor & Patočka (2001a), Nel & Varenne (2014a), Triberti (2007a), Varenne & Nel (2014a).