Swammerdamia passerella (Zetterstedt, 1839)
scotch ermine
mine
Mine not described. The young larvae mine; later they live free, not unfrequently two or three together, under a slight web.
host plants
Betulaceae, narrowly monophagous
Betula nana.
phenology
Mining larvae in June (Scotland).
distribution within Europe
Scotland, Poland, Baltic states, Fennoscandia, northern Russia; boreomontane species (Fauna Europaea, 2011).
references
Agassiz (1996a), Bengtsson & Johansson (2011a).