Solanum dulcamara, Belgium, prov. Namur, Grand-Leez, Les Mottes © Jean-Yves Baugnée

mine

Rather large, untidy blotch, full-depth for most of its surface, very transparent, without feeding lines and without association with midrib or leaf margin. The larva makes several mines. Often only its anterior part is inserted in the mine, that remains free of frass then. Pupation outside the mine in a gauze cocoon.

host plants

Solanaceae, oligophagous

Atropa belladonna; Physalis alkekengi; Solanum dulcamara.

phenology

Larvae in June and September (Hering, 1957a; Agassiz, 1996a).

BENELUX

BE recorded (Phegea, 2009).

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

LUX not recorded (Fauna Europaea, 2007).

distribution within Europe

Almost entire Europe, possibly absent from Ireland and the southern Balkan (Agassiz, 1996a; Fauna Europaea, 2007).

larva

pupa

Illustrated by Patočka (1997a, 1999b), Patočka & Turčáni (2005a).

cocoon

synonyms

Acrolepia, Digitivalva pygmaeana (Haworth, 1811).

references

Agassiz (1996a), Baraniak (1990a), Beiger (1955a, 1979a), Bengtsson & Johansson (2011a), Buhr (1937a), Calf & van Dam (2012a), Corley, Rosete, Gonçalves ao (2018a), Drăghia (1972a), Gaedike (1972a), Grandi (1931a, 1933a), Hartig (1939a), Hering (1931-32f, 1957a), Huisman, Koster, Muus & van Nieukerken (2013a), Huisman, Koster, van Nieukerken & Ulenberg (2001a), Klimesch (1958a), Kuchlein & Donner (1993a), Kuchlein & de Vos (1999a), Maček (1999a), Michalska (1970a, 1972a, 1976a), van Nieukerken, Gielis, Huisman ao (1993a), van Nieukerken & Koster (1999a), Nowakowski (1954a), Oord (1997a), Patočka (1997a, 1999b), Patočka & Turčáni (2005a), Popescu-Gorj & Drăghia (1968a), De Prins (2008d, 2010a), Pröse (2006a), Robbins (1991a), Skala (1951a), Skala & Zavřel (1945a), Sønderup (1949a), Szőcs (1977a, 1981a), Surányi (1942a).