Phyllonorycter lantanella (Schrank, 1802)
viburnum midget
Viburnum opulus, southern Poland, Kąpiołki © Tomasz Jaworski
underside
Viburnum tinus, France, Corsica, Monticello, Parc de Saleccia © Stéphane Claerebout
underside; it looks as it the mine has been vacated through the upperside!
mine
Lower-surface tentiform mine, white at first, later brown, between two side veins. Pupa without a recognisable cocoon in the mine. Before ecdysis the pupa works itself halfway out of the upperside of the mine.
hostplants
Adoxaceae, monophagous
Viburnum lantana, opulus, tinus.
In western Europe only rarely on V. opulus; the occurrence on Sorbus aucuparia probably is a case of xenophagy.
phenology
Larvae in July and (hibernating) September – April (Emmet ao, 1985a).
BENELUX
BE recorded (Phegea, 2010).
NE recorded (Kuchlein & de Vos, 1999a; Microlepidoptera.nl, 2010).
LUX recorded (Ellis, Ahn)
distribution within Europe
Europe, with exception of Scandinavia, Ireland, and the Balkan Peninsula (Fauna Europaea, 2010).
pupa
synonyms
Lithocolletis lantanella; L. elatella Zeller, 1846.
references
Bengtsson & Johansson (2011a), Buhr (1930a), Buszko (1992b), Deutschmann (2010a), Drăghia (1967a), Emmet, Watkinson & Wilson, 1985a), van Frankenhuyzen & Houtman (1972a), van Frankenhuyzen Houtman & Kabos (1982a), Gregor & Patočka (2001a), Heckford (1986a), Hering (1926b, 1936b, 1957a), Huber (1969a), Huemer (1986b), Kasy (1979a, 1983a, 1987a), Klimesch (1950c), Kuchlein & Donner (1993a), Kuchlein & de Vos (1999a), ME & MA Kurz (2007a), Kvičala (1938a), Lhomme (1934d), Maček (1999a), Nel & Varenne (2014a), Patočka & Turčáni (2005a), De Prins (1998a), Robbins (1991a), Sefrová (2005a), Skala (1951a), Skala & Zavřel (1945a), Stolnicu (2007a), Szőcs (1977a, 1981a), Tourlan (1980a), Yefremova & Kravchenko (2015a).