Vaccinium vitis-idaea, Belgium, prov. Liège, Eupen, Brackvenn © Jean-Yves Baugnée

same mine, upperside

mine

Lower-surface tentiform mine, that involves almost the entire leaf. The leaf margins are strongly pulled together, arching the upper surface. Because the leaf tissue of the roof of the mine is incompletely eaten away, this upper surface has got a mottled appearance.

host plants

Ericaceae, narrowly monophagous

Vaccinium vitis-idaea.

phenology

Larvae from October till April, rarely even as late as June, of the following year (Emmet ao, 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, except Ireland, the Iberian and the Balkan Peninsula (Fauna europaea, 2009).

larva

Body pale amber yellow, head light yellow brown.

pupa

Mesothorax with a pit laterally at its rear margin. Cremaster with two pairs of stout spines; the inner pair, that is curved inwards, half covers the outer pair, that is curved outwards (Gregor & Patočka, 2001a; Patočka & Turčáni, 2005a).

synonyms

Lithocolletis junoniella.

parasitoids, predators

Pnigalio ? pectinicornis.

references

Bengtsson & Johansson (2011a), Buhr (1964a), Buszko (1992b), Emmet, Watkinson & Wilson (1985a), Gielis, Huisman, Kuchlein ao (1985a), Gregor & Patočka (2001a), Hering (1957a), Huber (1969a), Huemer (1986b, 2012a), Kirichenko, Triberti, Akulov ao (2019a), Klimesch (1950c, 1989a), Kuchlein & Donner (1993a), Kuchlein & de Vos (1999a), Michalska (1976a), Nel & Varenne (2014a), Patočka & Turčáni (2005a), Robbins (1991a), Sønderup (1949a), Thomann (1956a), Zoerner (1970a).