Fomoria deschkai (Klimesch, 1978)
Hypericum sp., Rhodes; uit Klimesch (1978b)
Hypericum triquetrifolium, Rhodes; uit Klimesch (1978b)
mine
Egg at the leaf underside. The mine begins as a very narrow, mostly very tortuous corridor that is almost filled with frass. The corridor abruptly widens into a blotch, with central deposition of frass. The blotch can overrun most of the older corridor. Pupation within the mine, in an elongated silken cocoon; prior to pupation the larva has made a silken tube connecting the cocoon with the spot at the leaf underside where the adult moth is to appear.
hostplants
Hypericaceae, monophagous
Hypericum hircinum, triquetrifolium.
phenology
Probably several generations.
distribution within Europe
Greece (mainland, Aegean Islands) (Fauna Europaea, 2009).
larva
Light yellow, head brown.
synonyms
Ectoedemia deschkai.
references
Klimesch (1978b), Laštůvka & Laštůvka (2000b), van Nieukerken (1986a), van Nieukerken, Doorenweerd, Hoare & Davis (2016a).