Nemophora prodigellus (Zeller, 1853)

on Stachys

parasite

The young larvae live in the flowers; later the live in a case, feeding at the underside of the leaves (collection of pictures by Rudolf Bryner in Lepiforum, 2019)

host plants

Lamiaceae, monophagous

Stachys officinalis.

distribution within Europe

(PESI, 2019).

synonyms

Adela auricella, auricellus (Ragonot, 1874).

references

Kurz (2016a), Malkiewicz (2016a), Pröse (1984a).