Phyllobrostis fregenella Hartig, 1941
on Daphne
Daphne gnidium, France, Corsica, Haute Corse, Galéria © Stéphane Claerebout
mine
detail
mine, lighted from behind
mine
Oviposition within the leaf tissue. The mine begins as a narrow corridor along the midrib, not far from the leaf tip. Then a large full depth blotch is made that can occupy the entire leaf. The brown frass is glued to the upper epidermis, and makes the mine opaque; only the sides remain transparent. Pupation outside the mine.
host plants
Thymelaeaceae, narrowly monophagous
Daphne gnidium.
phenology
Larvae in February and June (Hering, 1957a).
distribution within Europe
France, Iberian Peninsula, Corsica, Italy, Sicily; also NW Africa (Mey, 2006a; Fauna Europaea, 2009).
pupa
illustrated by Mey (2006a).
references
Buvat & Nel (1999a), Corley, Ferreira, Grundy, ao (2018a), Hering (1957a), Mey (2006a).