Digitivalva eglanteriella (Mann, 1855)

mine

The larvae are reported to bore in young shoots, from where leaves are mined.

host plants

Asteraceae, monophagous (?)

Helichrysum italicum.

Reported by Huertas Dionisio (2007a) also from Dittrichia viscosa.

phenology

Larvae from autumn till April (Hering, 1957a).

distribution within Europe

SW Europe: France, Iberian Peninsula, Corsica (Fauna Europaea, 2009).

synonyms

Acrolepia eglanteriella.

references

Baldizzone & Triberi (1982a), Hering (1957a, 1963a), Huertas Dionisio (2007a), Klimesch (1942a).