Digitivalva valeriella (Snellen, 1878)
Lepidoptera, Glyphipterigidae
mine
One or a few rather broad corridors radiating form the leaf basis or midrib. The later continunation is rather an elongated blotch. Pupation within the leaf, in a separate small blotch that contains no frass.
hostplants
Asteraceae, monophagous (?)
Inula britannica, conyzae, salicina.
Hering (1963a) refers to a rearing from Pulicaria dysenterica, but expresses doubt if it concerns the same species.
phenology
Larvae from October till May, and in July – August (Hering, 1957a).
BENELUX
Not known from the Benelux countries (Fauna Europaea, 2009).
distribution within Europe
From Finland to the Pyrenees, Alps, and Romania, and from France to southern Russia (Fauna Europaea, 2009).
pupa
Described by Patočka & Turčáni (2005a).
synonyms
Acrolepia valeriella.
references
Bengtsson & Johansson (2011a), Buhr (1935b), Gaedike (1972a), Hering (1957a, 1963a), Kasy (1965a), van Nieukerken & Koster (1999a), Patočka & Turčáni (2005a), Sønderup (1949a), Szőcs (1977a).
23/11/2014