Lonicera periclymenum, Maarn

mine

Lower surface tentiform mine between leaf margin and midrib; the mine contracts diagonally, causing the leaf to roll transversely or into a pepper box. Frass heaped in a corner. Pupa in the mine, not in a recognisable cocoon.

host plants

Caprifoliaceae, oligophagous

Lonicera alpigena, caprifolium, etrusca, nigra, periclymenum, xylosteum; Symphoricarpos albus.

phenology

Larvae in April, July – August and October (Emmet, Watkinson & Wilson, 1985a).

BENELUX

BE recorded (Phegea, 2009).

NE recorded (Kuchlein & de Vos, 1999a; Microlepidoptera.nl, 2009).

LUX recorded (Fauna Europaea, 2009).

distribution within Europe

From Scandinavia to the Iberian Peninsula and Italy, and from Ireland to Poland; isolated also in Russia and Macedonia (Fauna Europaea, 2009). In recent times introduced in the Canary Islands (De Prins ao); Cyprus (Barton, 2015a).

pupa

parasitoids, predators

Achrysocharoides splendens; Sympiesis gordius, sericeicornis.

synonyms

Lithocolletis trifasciella.

references

Barton (2015a), Bengtsson & Johansson (2011a), Buhr (1930a, 1935b), Buszko (1992b), Emmet, Watkinson & Wilson (1985a), Gerstberger (2000a), Gregor & Patočka (2001a), Hartig (1939a), Hering (1926b, 1936b, 1957a, 1967a), Huisman, Koster, van Nieukerken & Ulenberg (2005a), Kollár & Hrubík (2009a), Kuchlein & Donner (1993a), Kuchlein & de Vos (1999a), Kuznetzov & Baryshnikova (2006a), Maček (1999a), Mifsud & Askew (2019a), Nel & Varenne (2014a), Patočka & Turčáni (2005a), De Prins, De Prins, De Coninck, Kawahara, Milton & Hebert (2013a), Robbins (1991a), Skala & Zavřel (1945a), Sønderup (1949a), Szőcs (1977a), Tourlan (1980a).