Leucoptera adenocarpella (Staudinger, 1871)

Lepidoptera, Lyonetiidae

mine

Not quite full depth blotch (greenish, when lighted from behind); the mine is not contracted. Frass in very fine granules. Pupation outside the mine.

hostplants

Fabaceae, monophagous

Adenocarpus decorticans.

phenology

Larvae in March – May.

distribution within Europe

Iberian Peninsula (Fauna Europaea, 2009).

references

Hering (1933b, 1957a), Mey (1994a).

29.x.2009