Plant Parasites of Europe

leafminers, galls and fungi

Paraswammerdamia conspersella

Paraswammerdamia conspersella (Tengström, 1848)

Lepidoptera, Yponomeutidae

mine

Mine not described. The young larvae mine the leaves; after hibernation they live free within a web on the plant.

hostplants

Ericaceae, monophagous

Empetrum nigrum.

phenology

Mining larvae in autumn.

BENELUX

Not known from the Benelux countries (Fauna Europaea, 2011).

distribution within Europe

Fennoscandia, Baltic states and northern Russia; France, Ukraine (Fauna Europaea, 2011).

references

Bengtsson & Johansson (2011a), Kozlov & Kullberg (2006a), Landry ao (2013a).

18/11/2016

Last modified 28.vi.2017