Phyllonorycter joannisi (le Marchand, 1936)
white-bodied midget
on Acer
Acer platanoides, Hungary, Budapest, Kamaraerdő © László Érsek
same leaf, underside
opened mine
larva about to pupate
larva, dorsal view
larva, lateral view
Acer platanoides, Ede
Acer platanoides, Nieuwendam
mine
A not too small, lower surface, greyish white tentiform mine, almost always in the centre of the leaf. Lower epidermis with many, very weak, folds. The roof of the mine remains green till a late stage, when it is eaten out completely. Often several mines in a leaf. Pupation in the mine.
host plants
Sapindaceae, narrowly monophagous
Acer platanoides.
Hetty Soetekouw found a mine of this species on Acer cappadocicum. The mine contained a pupa that was about to emerge; apparently the complete development could be accomplished on this host.
phenology
Larvae are seen from May till September.
BENELUX
BE recorded (Phegea, 2009).
NE recorded (Kuchlein & de Vos, 1999a; Microlepidoptera.nl, 2009).
LUX recorded (Ellis: Kautenbach).
distribution within Europe
From Fennoscandia to the Pyrenees, Italy, and Bulgaria, and from Britain to Central Russia and the Ukraine (Fauna Europaea, 2009).
larva
pupa
synonyms
Lithocolletis platanoidella, Phyllonorycter platanoidella (de Joannis, 1920).
references
Ahr (1966a), Beiger (1979a), Bengtsson & Johansson (2011a), Buhr (1935a, 1964a), Buszko (1992b), Buszko & Beshkov (2004a), Csóka (2003a), Deschka & Wimmer (2000a), Deutschmann (2008a), Emmet, Watkinson & Wilson (1985a), van Frankenhuyzen & Houtman (1972a), Gregor & Patočka (2001a), Haase (1942a), Hering (1934b, 1957a), Huber (1969a), Huemer (1986b), Huemer & Erlebach (2003a), Jaworski (2009a), Kasy (1983a), Kollár (2007a), Kollár & Hrubík (2009a), Kuchlein & Donner (1999a), Kuchlein & de Vos (1993a), Kvičala (1938a), Maček (1999a), Matošević, Pernek, Dubravac & Barić (2009a), Michalska (1976a), Michna (1975a), Nel & Varenne (2014a), Nowakowski (1954a), Patočka & Turčáni (2005a), Plóciennik, Pawlikiewicz & Jaworski (2011a), De Prins (1998a, 2007a), Robbins (1991a), Sefrová (2005a), Skala & Zavřel (1945a), Sønderup (1949a), Stammer (2016a), Stolnicu (2007a, 2008a), Szabóky, Tokár & Pastorális (2007a), Ureche (2010a), Wieser (2004a), Zoerner (1969a).