Phyllonorycter emberizaepenella (Bouché, 1834)
large midget

Symphoricarpos albus, Rhenen © Leo Blommers
Lonicera periclymenum, Duin en Kruidberg
mine
Lower-surface, white, inflated tentiform mine, that may occupy the entire leaf. The mine causes the leaf to roll lengthwise (the folds in the lower epidermis run from leaf base to tip). Pupa in a tough, papery cocoon; in fresh mines its colour is olive green, later it changes into pale brown.
host plants
Caprifoliaceae, oligophagous
Leycesteria formosa; Lonicera alpigena, x bella, caerulea, caucasica subsp. orientalis, flava, fragantissima, gracilipes, involucrata, macki, nigra, periclymenum, prostrata, rupicola, tatarica, trichosantha, webbiana, xylosteum; Symphoricarpos albus.
phenology
Larvae in July and September – October (Emmet, Watkinson & Wilson, 1985a).
BENELUX
BE recorded (Phegea, 2009).
NE recorded (Kuchlein & de Vos, 1999a; Microlepidoptera.nl, 2009).
LUX not recorded (Fauna Europaea, 2009).
distribution within Europe
All of Europe Europe, except the the Balkan Peninsula (Fauna Europaea, 2009, A & Z Laštůvka, 2014a).
pupa
synonyms
Lithocolletis emberizaepenella; Phyllonorycter emberizaepennella.
parasitoids, predators
Achrysocharoides splendens; Chrysocharis phryne; Sympiesis sericeicornis.
references
Bengtsson & Johansson (2011a), Bouček (1959a), Buhr (1935b, 1964a), Buszko (1992b), Deschka & Wimmer (2000a), Deutsch (2012a), Deutschmann (2008a), Dobreanu (1937a), Emmet, Watkinson & Wilson (1985a), van Frankenhuyzen & Houtman (1972a), van Frankenhuyzen, Houtman & Kabos (1982a), Gregor & Patočka (2001a), Haase (1942a), Hartig (1939a), Hellers (2017a), Hering (1926b, 1957a), Huber (1969a), Huemer (2012a), Huemer & Erlebach (2003a), Huisman, Koster, van Nieukerken & Ellis (2007a), Jaworski (2009a), Klimesch (1950c), Kuchlein & Donner (1993a), Kuchlein & de Vos (1999a), Kuznetzov & Baryshnikova (2006a), A & Z Laštůvka (2014a), Leutsch (2011a), Maček (1999a), Meijer, Smit, Beukeboom & Schilthuizen (2012a), Nel & Varenne (2014a), Nowakowski (1954a), Patočka & Turčáni (2005a), De Prins & Steeman (2013a), Robbins (1991a), Sefrová (2005a), Sønderup (1949a), Stammer (2016a), Szőcs (1977a, 1981a), Thomann (1956a), Yefremova & Kravchenko (2015a).