Phyllonorycter joannisi (le Marchand, 1936)

white-bodied midget

on Acer

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), Zoerner (1969a).