Phyllonorycter lantanella (Schrank, 1802)
viburnum midget
on Viburnum
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 upper side!
Viburnum cotinifolium, Hungary, Budapest, arboretum, 27.ix.2019 © László Érsek: first observation on this host plant; atypical (upper surface) mine
detail
opened mine
larva, dorsal view
larva, lateral view
head and thorax, ventral view
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.
host plants
Adoxaceae, monophagous
Viburnum cotinifolium, 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), Deutsch (2012a), 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), Huisman, Koster, van Nieukerken & Ulenberg (2004a), 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), De Prins & Steeman (2014a), Robbins (1991a), Sefrová (2005a), Skala (1951a), Skala & Zavřel (1945a), Stolnicu (2007a), Szőcs (1977a, 1981a), Tourlan (1980a), Yefremova & Kravchenko (2015a).