Etainia albibimaculella (Larsen, 1927)

mine

The larva makes a slender gallery that eventually enters a 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.

hostplants

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

Adamczewski (1947a), Bengtsson (2008a), Gustafsson (1985a), Hering (1957a), Johansson ao (1990a), Laštuvka & Laštuvka (1997a), van Nieukerken (1986a), Skala (1939a), Sønderup (1949a).