Leucoptera lotella (Stainton, 1859)
little bent-wing
on Dorycnium, Lotus, Securigera
little bent-wing
on Dorycnium, Lotus, Securigera
Lotus corniculatus, Belgium, prov. Namur, Philippeville, RN les Tournailles, 17.vii.2018 © Stéphane Claerebout
mine in backlight
Lotus corniculatus, Belgium, prov. Liège: Ben-Ahin, Lovegnée-Bosquet © Jean-Yves Baugnée
Lotus uliginosus, Belgium, prov. Brabant, Cortil-Noirmont © Jean-Yves Baugnée
mine, lighted from behind
Lotus sp., Drachten © Gerrit Tuinstra: the elongated form of the frass grains seems to be a charater of Leucoptera species.
Lotus sp., Drachten © Gerrit Tuinstra: young mines of the second generation, early August
mine
Egg at the upperside of the leaf. The mine is an upper-surface blotch without anything like a preceding corridor. The blotch is about circular, but my have broad lobes. Black frass grains lie in indistinct arcs or spirals, glued to the upper epidermis, and forming a dark central patch. The larva can leave a mined leaf, and restart elsewhere. Pupation external.
host plants
Fabaceae, oligophagous
Dorycnium pentaphyllum & subsp. germanicum; Lotus corniculatus, maritimus, pedunculatus; Securigera securidacea, varia.
Mey (1994a) also mentions “Coronilla hispida”; it is unclear what is intended here.
phenology
Larvae in July; sometimes a second larva generation in August – September (Emmet, 1985a).
BENELUX
BE recorded (Phegea, 2009).
NE recorded (Kuchlein & de Vos, 1999a; Microlepidoptera.nl, 2009).
LUX not recorded (Fauna Europaea, 2009).
distribution within Europe
From Denmark to Portugal, Italy, and Croatia, and from Britain to Poland and Hungary (Fauna Europaea, 2009).
pupa
Described by Patočka (2000a) and Patočka & Turčáni (2005a).
parasitoids, predators
references
Bengtsson & Johansson (2011a), Buhr (1935b, 1964a), Buszko (1981a, 1992b), Buszko & Beshkov (2004a), Coenen (1994a), Corley (2005a), Corley, Merckx, Cardos ao (2012a), Emmet (1985a), van Frankenhuyzen (1973a), Hering (1933b, 1957a), Huemer (2007a), Kasy (1965a, 1987a), Klimesch (1950c, 1957a, 1958c), Kuchlein & Donner (1993a), Kuchlein & de Vos (1999a), Kvičala (1938a), Mey (1994a), van Nieukerken, Gielis, Huisman ao (1993a), Patočka (2000a), Patočka & Turčáni (2005a), De Prins & Steeman (2011a), Skala & Zavřel (1945a), Szőcs (1977a, 1978a, 1981a), Vávra (2016a).