Roeslerstammia erxlebella (Fabricius, 1787)

copper ermel

on Betula, Tilia

Roeslerstammia erxlebella: mine on Tilia spec.

Tilia x europaea, Assen, Amelterbos © Ben van As

mine

Oviposition at the leaf upperside. Mine a short, irregular, full depth corridor, always at the leaf margin, generally in the tip of the leaf. Frass broadly scattered. The older larva lives free on the leaf. Pupation below a folded leaf margin.

host plants

Betulaceae, Malvaceae, narrowly polyphagous

Betula; Tilia cordata, x europaea.

Rarely on Acer pseudoplatanus (Hering, 1957a).

phenology

Larvae in July and September-October (Agassiz, 1996a; Hering, 1957a).

BENELUX

BE recorded (Phegea, 2009).
NE picture (Ben van As, 2017).
LUX recorded (Fauna Europaea, 2009).

distribution within Europe

Europe without Ireland, the Iberian and Balkan Peninsula (Fauna Europaea, 2009).

pupa

Described by Patočka & Turčáni (2005a).

references

Agassiz (1996a), Bengtsson & Johansson (2011a), Bontsema, Bot & Kuchlein (2017a), Buhr (1964a), Corley, Merckx, Cardoso ao (2012a), Hering (1957a), Hirowatari, Tsuchiya & Kobayashi (2012a), Huemer (2012a), Kozlov & Kullberg (2010a), Kurz & Embacher (2012a), Laštůvka & Laštůvka (2019a), Leutsch (2011a), Patočka & Turčáni (2005a), De Prins & Steeman (2013a), Robbins (1991a), Roweck & Savenkov (2007a), Skala & Zavřel (1945a), Sønderup (1949a), Szőcs (1977a).