Incurvaria vetulella (Zetterstedt, 1839)
on Vaccinium
mine
Oviposition by way of an ovipositor, no egg visible therefore. The larva makes a small blotch. Already after its first moult the larva makes an oval excision. Sandwiched herein it drops to the ground and continues feeding of dead leaves.
host plants
Ericaceae, monophagous
Vaccinium myrtillus.
distribution within Europe
notes
Mountain species.
references
Arbeitsgemeinschaft Microlepidoptera Bayern (2011a), Burmann (1943b), Junnilainen, Buchner, Kaitila & Mutanen (2019a), Kovács & Kovács (2000a), Kurz (2016a), Laštůvka & Laštůvka (2017a).