Ectoedemia rosae van Nieukerken & Berggren, 2011
Lepidoptera, Nepticulidae

em>Rosa tomentosa, France, Hautes Alpes, Vallée de la Clarée, Bois de Boulogne; from van Nieukerken & Berggren (2011a).

another mine

young mine
mine
Egg at the underside of the leaf. From there runs a strongly contorted, narrow, under-surface corridor that suddenly widens into a relatively large, full depth blotch. Frass in the gallery in a thick, interrupted brown to black line; darker, and more dispersed in the blotch. Pupation external in a cocoon (lower right picture); exit slit upper-surface.
hostplants
Rosaceae, monophagous
Rosa tomentosa, cf majalis.
phenology
Univoltine; larvae were collected in mid-August.
distribution within Europe
French Alps and Norway: boreo-alpine disjunct distribution.
larva
Very pale greenish white, head light brown, ventral ganglia inconspicuous, young larvae without ventral plates. Like is the rule in Ectoedemia, the larva lies venter-upwards in the mine.
references
van Nieukerken & Berggren (2011a).
22/08/2013