Phyllonorycter scabiosella (Douglas, 1853)
surrey midget

Scabiosa columbaria, Spain, Castilla y Leon: Cain, Rio Cares; © Jean-Yves Baugnée

underside
mine
Large, lower-surface tentiform mine with several folds that cause the leaf to contract strongly. Leaf around the mine often coloured violet. Pupa in a cocoon, frass in a corner of the mine. Mainly on seedlings and ground leaves.
host plants
Caprifoliaceae, monophagous
Scabiosa columbaria, ochroleuca, triandra.
phenology
Larvae in July – August, then again, hibernating, in October – April (Emmet ao, 1985a).
BENELUX
BE not recorded (Fauna Europaea, 2011).
NE recorded (Langohr, 1975a).
LUX not recorded (Fauna Europaea, 2011).
distribution within Europe
From Britain to South Russia, and from Germany and Poland to Spain and Italy (Fauna Europaea, 2011).
pupa
Described by Gregor & Patočka (2001a), Patočka & Turčáni (2005a).
synonyms
Lithocolletis scabiosella.
references
Deschka (2014a), Emmet, Watkinson & Wilson (1985a), Gregor & Patočka (2001a), Huisman, Koster, van Nieukerken & Ulenberg (2004a), Kuznetzov & Baryshnikova (2006a), Langohr (1975a), Laštůvka, Laštůvka, Liška ao (1992a), Matošević, Pernek, Dubravac & Barić (2009a), Nel & Varenne (2014a), Patočka & Turčáni (2005a), Szabóky (2013a).