Ectoedemia caradjai (Groschke, 1944)

Quercus cf pubescens, Rhodes; from Klimesch (1978b)

Quercus macrolepis, Anatolia; from Klimesch (1978b)
mine
Oviposition of the underside of the leaf. The mine is a short, strongly contorted corridor, almost completely filled with frass, widening into a pear-shaped upper-surface blotch with the frass in its basal part. Pupation external.
host plants
Fagaceae, monophagous
Quercus coccifera, frainetto, ithaburensis subsp. macrolepis, petraea, pubescens, pyrenaica, robur.
phenology
Larvae in July – August, much earlier than the other Ectoedemias on oak; in southern Europe at least three generations per year (van Nieukerken ao, 2006a, 2010a).
distribution within Europe
South of the line France, Czechia, Ukraine (Fauna Europaea, 2009).
larva
Green; ventral plates absent.
synonyms
Nepticula, Stigmella caradjai.
notes
Hering (1932g) was the first to recognise this species, but he described only the mine. According to the rules of nomenclature the description of “the work of an animal”, published after 1930, does not form an available publication. The first available description was by Grosche (1944a).
references
Baldizzone & scalercio (2018a), Beiger (1980a), Corley (2005a), Groschke (1944a), Hering (1932g, 1934a, 1957a), Kasy (1987a), Klimesch (1950c, 1978b), A & Z Laštuvka (1997a, 2008a, 2014a), Maček (1999a), van Nieukerken (1985a, 1986a), van Nieukerken, A & Z Laštuvka (2004a, 2006, 2010a), van Nieukerken, Zolotuhin & Mistchenko (2004a), Skala (1939a), Szőcs (1977a, 1981a), Tomov & Dimitrov (2007a).