Phyllonorycter schreberella (Fabricius, 1781)

small elm midget

on elm

Ulmus spec., Hungary, Halászi, 26.v.2019 © László Érsek

same two tentiform mines, onderside

larva, dorsal view

lateral view

ventral view

detail

cocoon

pupa, dorsal view

ventral view

Ulmus minor, Susteren

same mines, detail

mine

Short, roundish to oval, somewhat inflated, lower surface tentiform mine, often crossing a lateral vein. Epidermis with several length folds. Dark brown pupa in a tough, greenish cocoon; the cocoon lies free in the mine, and its wall is not encrusted with frass.

host plants

Ulmaceae, monophagous

Ulmus glabra, laevis, minor, pumila.

Also mentioned from Carpinus betulus by Stolnicu (2007a); this needs further confirmation.

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

Most of Europe; not in northern Europe, Ireland, and the Balkan Peninsula (Fauna Europaea, 2010).

larva

pupa

synonyms

Lithocolletis schreberella.

parasitoids, predators

Achrysocharoides splendens; Chrysocharis phryne; Pnigalio pectinicornis, soemius; Sympiesis sericeicornis.

references

Beiger (1979a), Bengtsson & Johansson (2011a), Bouček (1959a), Buhr (1937a, 1964a), Buszko (1992b), Buszko & Beshkov (2004a), Corley, Rosete, Gonçalves ao (2016a), Deutschmann (2008a), Drăghia (1972a), Emmet, Watkinson & Wilson (1985a), van Frankenhuyzen & Houtman (1972a), van Frankenhuyzen Houtman & Kabos (1982a), Gregor & Patočka (2001a), Haase (1942a), Hartig (1939a), Hellers (2017a), Hering (1930e, 1932g, 1957a), Jaworski (2009a), Kasy (1983a), Kollár & Hrubík (2009a), Kuchlein & Donner (1993a), Kuchlein & de Vos (1999a), Kuznetzov & Baryshnikova (2006a), A & Z Laštůvka (2014a), Lhomme (1934d), Michna (1975a), Nel & Varenne (2014a), Nowakowski (1954a), Patočka & Turčáni (2005a), De Prins & Steeman (2013a, 2014a), Robbins (1991a), Schütze (1931a), Sefrová (2005a), Skala & Zavřel (1945a), Stammer (2016a), Stolnicu (2007a, 2008a), Surányi (1942a), Szőcs (1977a, 1978a, 1981a), Tomov & Krusteva (2007a), Tourlan (1980a), Ureche (2010a), Yefremova & Kravchenko (2015a), Zoerner (1969a).