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).