Rosa sp., Brummen

mine

Oviposition at the underside of the leaf, usually not far from the midrib. The mine is a corridor; its first part is strongly contorted, intestine-like, containing brown, coiled, frass. The last part may follow the leaf margin for some distance. In the end the corridor widens into an elongate blotch with dispersed frass. The larva mines venter upwards. Pupation external.

hostplants

Rosaceae, oligophagous

Filipendula vulgaris; Rosa canina, pendulina, sempervirens; Sanguisorba minor, officinalis.

Rosa is the most important hostplant.

phenology

Univoltine; larvae from early-August to early-November (Johansson ao, 1990a).

BENELUX

BE recorded (Phegea, 2009).

NE recorded (Kuchlein & de Vos, 1999a; Microlepidoptera.nl, 2009).

LUX recorded (Ellis: Kautenbach).

distribution within Europe

Almost all non-Russian Europe, except the Mediterranean Islands (Fauna Europaea, 2009).

larva

synonyms

Nepticula, Stigmella angulifasciella; N. schleichiella Frey, 1870; N. utensis Weber, 1936.

references

Baldizzone (2004a), Bengtsson (2008a), Borkowski (1969a), Buhr (1936a), Buszko & Baraniak (1989a), Buszko & Beshkov (2004a), J Černý (2001a), Emmet (1971a, 1983a), Grandi (1931a, 1933a), Gustafsson (1985a), Gustafsson & van Nieukerken (1990a), Haase (1942a), Hartig (1939a), Hering (1957a), Huber (1969a), Huemer (1985a, 1988a), Johansson ao (1990a), Kasy (1983a, 1987a), Klimesch (1948a, 1950c, 1958c), Kuchlein & Donner (1993a), Kuchlein & de Vos (1999a), ME & MA Kurz (2007a), A & Z Laštuvka (1997a, 2008a), van Nieukerken (1985a, 1986a, 2006a), van Nieukerken, A & Z Laštuvka (2004a, 2006a, 2010a), Nowakowski (1954a), De Prins (1998a), De Prins & Steeman (2011a), Robbins (1991a), Skala (1939a, 1951a), Skala & Zavřel (1945a), Sønderup (1949a), Steuer (1995a), Szőcs (1977a, 1981a), Walczak (2011a), Zoerner (1969a).