Phyllonorycter quinqueguttella (Stainton, 1851)
sandhill midget
Salix repens, Zandvoort; the mine at right still quite young
mine
Lower-surface tentiform mine, that in small leaves can occupy the entire underside. The mine does contract strongly, folding the leaf, sometimes causing it to become tube-like. Lower epidermis with many fine folds. Pupa, not a a clear cocoon, in a corner of the mine. Frass packed in the opposite corner.
host plants
Salicaceae, narrowly monophagous
Salix repens & subsp. rosmarinifolia.
phenology
Larvae in July and September – October (Emmet ao, 1985a).
BENELUX
BE recorded (Phegea, 2010).
NE recorded (Kuchlein & de Vos, 1999a; Microlepidoptera.nl, 2010).
LUX not recorded (Fauna Europaea, 2010).
distribution within Europe
From Fennoscandia to the Pyrenees, Alps, Hungary, and the Ukraine, and from Ireland to Central Russia (Fauna Europaea, 2010).
larva
pupa
synonyms
Lithocolletis quinqueguttella; L. graeseriella Sorhagen, 1900 (?)
notes
Young mines can easily be confused with those of Agromyza salicina.
references
Bengtsson & Johansson (2011a), Buhr (1937a, 1964a), Buszko (1992b), Davis & Deschka (2001a), Emmet, Watkinson & Wilson (1985a), Gregor & Patočka (2001a), Hering (1921b, 1957a), Kuchlein & Donner (1993a), Kuchlein & de Vos (1999a), Kuchlein ao (1988a), Maček (1999a), Nel & Varenne (2014a), Patočka & Turčáni (2005a), De Prins (1998a), Schütze (1931a), Sønderup (1949a), Szőcs (1977a, 1981a), Wegner (2010a).