Coptodisca lucifluella (Clemens, 1860)

on Carya, Juglans, Pterocarya

mine

Oviposition, by way of an ovipositor, at the underside of a leaf. From here a full depth blotch develops, ± 5 x 7 mm, with dispersed frass. Generally several mines, irregularly distributed, over the leaf. The full grown larva makes a case out of an oval excision at the edge of the mine; in this case it leaves the leaf to pupate elsewhere on the tree.

host plants

Juglandaceae, oligophagous

Carya cordiformis; Juglans regia; Pterocarya fraxinifolia.

distribution within Europe

North American species, that was found for the first time in Europe (Italy), in 2010.

larva

Entirely pale rusty brown.

references

Bernardo, van Nieukerken, Sasso ao (2015a), Bernardo, Sasso, Gebiola & Viggiani (2011a), Szabóky & Takács (2018a), Takács, Szabóky, Tóth, ao (2020a).