Bedellia somnulentella (Zeller, 1847)
bindweed bent-wing
on Convolvulaceae
Convolvulus arvensis, Belgium, prov. Liège, Wanze, Statte (station): corridor mines © Jean-Yves Baugnée
Calystegia sepium, Germany (Baden-Württemberg), Baden-Weiler
Calystegia sepium, Nieuwendam, larva, half immersed in the mine
Calystegia sepium, Brummen; initial mine
the larva lies venter-upwards in the mine
Calystegia soldanellaBelgium, prov. West Flanders, Oostduinkerke, RN Schipgatduinen © Stéphane Claerebout
two larvae in a communal mine
mine
The mine begins at an egg shell that almost invariably is placed on (not next to) the midrib. The egg is oval, not globular, like in the Nepticulidae. Here a narrow tortuous corridor of some 30 mm begins, with a central frass line, reminding of a Stigmella mine, that often cuts off part of the leaf, causing it to die. Then the larva leaves this mine and begins to make a series of full depth fleck mines (not necessarily on the same leaf). The larva is larger than the mine, and protrudes from it with the rear part of its abdomen. The openings to all these mines are in the lower epidermis. Under the leaf an irregular spinning develops, in which frass grains are trapped. Pupation outside the leaf, in a hammock, like in Lyonetia, but, unlike Lyonetia, not in a cocoon.
hostplants
Convolvulaceae, oligophagous
Calystegia pubescens, sepium, soldanella; Convolvulus althaeoides, arvensis, siculus, tenuissimus, tricolor; Ipomoea batatas, purpurea.
phenology
Larvae from July on.
BENELUX
BE recorded (Kuchlein, Kuchlein-Nijsten & De Prins, 2002a).
NE recorded (Kuchlein & de Vos, 1999a; Microlepidoptera.nl, 2009).
LUX recorded (Fauna Europaea, 2009).
distribution within Europe
Cosmopolitan (Klimesch, 1975a); all of Europa (Fauna Europaea, 2009).
larva
pupa
Described by Patočka (1997a, 2000a), Patočka & Turčáni (2005a).
notes
Not a common species in the Netherlands, but strikingly numerous during the warm summer of 2003 (van As & Ellis, 2004a).
references
Aguiar & Karsholt (2006a), Amsel & Hering (1931a), van As & Ellis (2004a), Baldizzone (2004a), Barton (2015a), Baryshnikova (2007a), Beiger (1979a), Bengtsson & Johansson (2011a), Buhr (1930a, 1935a, 1964a), Buszko (1981a, 1992b), Buszko & Beshkov (2004a), Corley, Rosete, Gonçalves ao (2016a), Drăghia (1968a, 1970a, 1974a), Grandi (1931a), Hartig (1939a), Hering (1927a, 1932e,g, 1936b, 1957a, 1967a), Huber (1969a), Huemer & Erlebach (2003a), Huertas Dionisio (2002a, 2007a), Huisman & Koster (1995a), Kasy (1965a, 1979a), Klimesch (1942a, 1950c, 1957a, 1958c, 1979a), Kuchlein & Donner (1993a), Kuchlein, Kuchlein-Nijsten & De Prins (2002a) België, Kuchlein & de Vos (1999a), Kuroko (1964a), Kvičala (1938a), Lhomme (1934c), Maček (1999a), Parenti & Varalda (2000a), Patočka (1997a, 2000a), Patočka & Turčáni (2005a), Pinzari, Pinzari & Zilli (2013a), De Prins (2010a), Robbins (1991a), Seven (2006a), Skala (1951a), Skala & Zavřel (1945a), Sønderup (1949a), Szőcs (1977a, 1978a, 1981a), Ureche (2010a).