Ectoedemia coscoja van Nieukerken, A & Z Laštuvka, 2010

mine

Egg at the upper side of the leaf. The mine is a sinuous or contorted, gradually widening gallery, often following a vein for some distance, filled with brown or black frass. Pupation external.

hostplants

Fagaceae, narrowly monophagous

Quercus coccifera.

phenology

Probably univoltine: larvae were observed in January and February.

distribution within Europe

Spain.

larva

Whitish; no ventral plates.

notes

The mines cannot be distinguished from those of E. haraldi and E. ilicis.

references

A & Z Laštůvka (2014a), van Nieukerken, A & Z Laštuvka (2010a)