Phyllonorycter hostis Triberti, 2007
red apple midget
mine
Lower-surface tentiform mine, 13-15 mm long, with several longitudinal folds.
host plants
Rosaceae, oligophagous
Cydonia; Malus domestica; Prunus avium, persica; Pyrus communis; Sorbus torminalis.
Apple, growing in orchards, seems to be the main host plant. Observations on other hosts are mainly done in the immediate neighbourhood of apple orchards.
Up to 40 mines may occur on a single Apple leaf, and considerable case is caused then.
phenology
In Italy four generations; hibernation as larva, that pupates end February.
BENELUX
Not known from the Benelux countries.
distribution within Europe
Italy, Serbia, Macedonia, Montenegro, Tunisia, Cyprus; incidental observations have also been made in Britain and in Germany.
pupa
Pupa 3.5 – 3.9 mm; cremaster similar to that of Ph. anceps.
synonyms
Many records of Phyllonorycter pomonella in reality refer to hostis (Triberti, 2007a). Also all British observations of Ph. cydoniella turned out to refer to hostis (Langmaid, 2009a).
references
Baldizzone, Varalda & Donato (2010a), Barton (2015a), Bengtsson & Johansson (2011a), Langmaid (2009a), Liška, Šumpich, Laštůvka, ao, (2014a), Nel & Varenne (2014a), Tokár, Laštůvka, Pastorális ao (2015a), Triberti (2007a), Yefremova & Kravchenko (2015a).