Plant Parasites of Europe

leafminers, galls and fungi

Nematopogon adansoniella

Nematopogon adansoniella (de Villers, 1789)

Nematopogon adansoniella

Hoofddorp, 10.vii.2021 © Laurens van der Linde

Nematopogon adansoniella

complete

parasite

Perhaps the youngest larvae live as leaf miners. Older larva live in a case among litter and feed on dead leaves.

distribution within Europe

PESI (2023).

egg, larva, pupa

see Lepiforum.

synonyms

Nematopogon panzerella (Fabricius, 1793).

references

Baldizzone (2004a), Buhr (1937a, 1938a), Heath & Pelham-Clinton (1983a), Lepiforum (2023).

Last modified 25.viii.2023