Prays ruficeps (Heinemann, 1854)
dark ash-bud moth
mine
Oviposition on the fruit stalk. From there a short gallery runs up. It soon sinks in; the larva eventually feeds on the seed
host plants
Oleaceae, monophagous
Fraxinus excelsior.
phenology
Larvae in July – August; possibly a later generation as well, of which the larvae live in the buds (Hering, 1957a).
BENELUX
BE not recorded (Fauna Europaea, 2010).
NE recorded (Kuchlein & de Vos, 1999a; Microlepidoptera.nl, 2010).
LUX not recorded (Fauna Europaea, 2010).
distribution within Europe
From Fennoscandia to the Pyrenees, Alps, and Hungary, and from Britain to the Ukraine (Fauna Europaea, 2010).
pupa
Described by Patočka (1999b), Patočka & Turčáni (2005a).
synonyms
Prays rustica, rusticus Haworth, 1828.
notes
Not a leafminer!
references
Baldizzone (2004a), Bengtsson & Johansson (2011a), Hering (1957a), Huemer (2012a), Huisman & Koster (1995a), Huisman, Koster, van Nieukerken & Ulenberg (2001a, 2004a), Kuchlein & Donner (1993a), Kuchlein & de Vos (1999a), Leutsch (2011a), Patočka (1999b), Patočka & Turčáni (2005a), De Prins & Steeman (2011a), Schütze (1899a), Skala (1951b), Skala & Zavřel (1945a), Wörz (1957a).