Etainia albibimaculella (Larsen, 1927)
mine (from Johansson ao)
mine
The larva makes a slender gallery in a leaf that enters the petiole, from where it enters a bud. The larva hibernates in the bud, that is eaten out in spring. Then the larva bores in a young shoot, sometimes making an excursion into a leaf that then is completely mined out. Pupation in a dark yellow cocoon in the mine.
host plants
Ericaceae, monophagous
Arctostaphylos uva-ursi.
phenology
Larvae from September till May ? (Johansson ao, 1990a).
distribution within Europe
From Fennoscandia to Italy (Fauna Europaea, 2009).
larva
Pale yellow, head pale brown.
synonyms
Ectoedemia albibimaculella.
notes
Possibly many larvae will never arrive at mining a leaf (Johansson ea, 1990).
references
Aarvik, Bakke, Berg ao (1997a), Adamczewski (1947a), Bengtsson (2008a), Gustafsson (1985a), Hering (1957a), Johansson ao (1990a), Laštuvka & Laštuvka (1997a), van Nieukerken (1986a), Skala (1939a), Sønderup (1949a).