Plant Parasites of Europe

leafminers, galls and fungi

Phyllonorycter tristrigella

Phyllonorycter tristrigella (Haworth, 1828)

elm midget

on Ulmus

Phyllonorycter tristrigella mine

Ulmus laevis, Cadzand, de Knokkert

mine

Long, lower-surface tubular tentiform mine between two lateral veins, in many cases from midrib to leaf margin. Lower epidermis with several long folds close together. Pupa light brown, in tough brown papery cocoon that is attached to the lower epidermis. All frass in a mass in one corner of the mine.

host plants

Ulmaceae, monophagous

Ulmus glabra, x hollandica, laevis, minor.

phenology

Larvae in July and September-October (Emmet, Watkinson & Wilson,1985a).

BENELUX

BE recorded

NE recorded (Kuchlein & de Vos, 1999a; Microlepidoptera.nl, 2008).

LUX recorded (Fauna Europaea, 2008).

distribution within Europe

Entire Europe except the Iberian Peninsula and the Balkan (Fauna Europaea, 2008).

larva

pupa

synonyms

Lithocolletis tristrigella.

references

Bengtsson & Johansson (2011a), Buhr (1937a, 1964a), Buszko (1992b), Deutsch (2012a), Emmet, Watkinson & Wilson (1985a), Gregor & Patočka (2001a), Gregor & Povolný (1950a), Hering (1930e, 1957a), Huber (1969a), Huemer (1986b), Kollár & Hrubík (2009a), Kuchlein & Donner (1993a), Kuchlein & de Vos (1999a), Kuznetzov & Baryshnikova (2006a), Leutsch (2011a), Maček (1999a), Matošević, Pernek, Dubravac & Barić (2009a), Nel & Varenne (2014a), Patočka & Turčáni (2005a), De Prins & Steeman (2011a), Pröse (1981a), Robbins (1991a), Schütze (1931a), Sefrová (2005a), Skala (1951a), Sønderup (1949a), Stammer (2016a), Surányi (1942a), Szőcs (1977a), Tourlan (1980a), Ureche (2010a).

Last modified 18.i.2020