Cedestis subfasciella (Stephens, 1834)

brown pine ermine

Pinus sylvestris, Pinus sylvestris, Losser, Zandbergen

one can see the larva

Pinus sylvestris, Dwingelderveld: larva in the mine

Pinus sylvestris, Tilburg, Kaaistoep & Strabrechtsche heide: frass

Pinus sylvestris, Tilburg, Kaaistoep & Strabrechtsche heide: fresh egg, exit opening

Pinus sylvestris Strabrechtsche heide: old egg

mine

Oviposition on the tip of the flat side of the needle; the egg is oval, smooth, with a characteristic longitudinal keel. From here the mine descends, full depth, towards the base of the needle. The space behind the larva is completely filled with granular frass. The larval chamber is so transparant that the larva inside is easily visible. The larva vacates the mine prior to pupation by a round opening near the end of the mine.

host plants

Pinaceae, monophagous (?)

Pinus mugo, nigra, sylvestris, uncinata.

References to Abies alba are almost certainly incorrect.

phenology

Larvae from December till March, April (Agassiz, 1996a).

BENELUX

BE recorded (Phegea, 2010).

NE recorded (Kuchlein & de Vos, 1999a; Microlepidoptera.nl, 2010).

LUX recorded (Fauna Europaea, 2010).

distribution within Europe

All Europe, except the Mediterranean Islands (Fauna Europaea, 2010).

larva

synonyms

Cedestis, Dyscedestis farinatella (Zeller, 1839); ? Cedestis civitatensis Nel & Varenne, 2015.

references

Agassiz (1996a), Baldizzone (2004a, 2008a), Baldizzone & scalercio (2018a), Bengtsson & Johansson (2011a), Buhr (1935b), Gómez de Aizpúrua (1994a, 2003a), Hering (1957a), Huemer (2012a), Huisman, Koster, Muus & van Nieukerken (2013a), Kuchlein & Donner (1993a), Kuchlein & de Vos (1999a), Nel & Varenne (2015a), Patočka & Turčáni (2005a), De Prins (1998a), Robbins (1991a), Scalercio, Luzzi & Laudati (2015a), Schütze (1931a), Skala & Zavřel (1945a), Sønderup (1949a), Szőcs (1977a), Thomann (1956a), Wegner (2010a), Wörz (1957a).