Ectoedemia terebinthivora (Klimesch, 1975)
Lepidoptera, Nepticulidae
Pistacia terebinthus, Greece, Délfi (NB the narrow corridors are from Acalytris pistaciae); from van Nieukerken (2007a)
detail
Pistacia terebinthus, Anatolia; from Klimesch (1978b)
mine
Oviposition at the leaf underside, close to a major vein. First part of the mine a strongly contorted gallery with a narrow line of brown frass. Then the mine widens into an elongate, irregular blotch where the brown frass lies dispersed.
hostplants
Anacardiaceae, narrowly monophagous
Pistacia terebinthus.
phenology
Larvae in May-June, again in September.
BENELUX
Not known from the Benelux countries (Fauna Europaea, 2009).
distribution within Europe
Greece, Turkey (Fauna Europaea, 2009).
larva
Yellowish to white with brown head; first four ganglia distinct; 12 ventral plates.
references
Klimesch (1975a, 1978b), van Nieukerken (1985a, 1986a), van Nieukerken, A & Z Laštuvka (2010a).
05/07/2010