Phyllonorycter froelichiella (Zeller, 1839)

broad-barred midget

on Alnus

Phyllonorycter froelichiella: mine on Alnus glutinosa

Alnus glutinosa, Belgium, prov. Antwerp, Meerhout © Carina Van Steenwinkel

Phyllonorycter froelichiella: mine on Alnus glutinosa

same leaf, underside

Phyllonorycter froelichiella: larva

the larva is remarkably small in proportion to the space offered by the mine

Phyllonorycter froelichiella: larv

larva (pathologic: a healthy larva is dark grey over the entire body)

mine

Large, lower-surface tentiform mine, often occupying the entire space between two side veins, from the midrib almost to the leaf margin, Lower epidermis without clear folds.The larva is grey (all other Phyllonorycters on Alder are white). Pupa in a light brown cocoon that is fastened to the roof of the mine. The cocoon is entirely free of frass: all frass is accumulated in the inner corner of the mine. Before ecdysis the pupa works itself half out of the mine; mostly this is through the lower epidermis.

host plants

Betulaceae, monophagous

Alnus glutinosa, incana.

Robbins (1991a) also mentions A. cordata.

phenology

Larvae in 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

Entire Europe, Greece excepted (Fauna Europaea, 2009).

larva

pupa

synonyms

Lithocolletis froelichiella.

references

Ahr (1966a), Beiger (1979a), Bengtsson & Johansson (2011a), Buhr (1935a, 1964a), Buszko (1992b), Buszko & Beshkov (2004a), Csóka (2003a), Deschka (1970a), Deutschmann (2008a), Emmet, Watkinson & Wilson (1985a), Gregor & Patočka (2001a), Gregor & Povolný (1950a), Hartig (1939a), Hering (1947a, 1957a), Huber (1969a), Huemer (1986b), Huemer & Erlebach (2003a), Jaworski (2009a), Klimesch (1950c), Klimesch & Skala (1936b), Kollár (2007a), Kollár & Hrubík (2009a), Kuchlein & Donner (1993a), Kuchlein & de Vos (1999a), Matošević, Pernek, Dubravac & Barić (2009a), Nel & Varenne (2014a), Nowakowski (1954a), Olivella (2002a), Patočka & Turčáni (2005a), De Prins (2007a), De Prins & Steeman (2011a), Robbins (1991a), Schütze (1931a), Skala (1951a), Skala & Zavřel (1945a), Sønderup (1949a), Szőcs (1977a), Tourlan (1980a), Zoerner (1969a, 1970a).