Glaucolepis saturejae (Parenti, 1963)

mine

Long, slender gallery with a narrow central frass line. Usually the mine begins at the underside of a leaf (and is lower-surface then, and completely invisible from above), then descends along the petiole to the rind of the stem. Here a long gallery is made, either ascending or descending. Sometimes the mine is limited to the stem. Pupation external.

hostplants

Lamiaceae, oligophagous

Clinopodium menthifolium, nepeta & subsp. glandulosum; Micromeria.

Buhr (1940a) mentions the species Mentha rotundifolia; this still awaits confirmation (van Nieukerken ao, 2006a).

phenology

Larvae from July to September (A & Z Laštuvka, 1997a).

distribution within Europe

Mediterranean Region from Iberia to Greece.

larva

Lemon yellow, head light brown.

synonyms

Trifurcula saturejae.

references

Hering (1957a # 4563), Klimesch (1976a), A & Z Laštuvka (1997a, 2005a), van Nieukerken (1986a), van Nieukerken, A & Z Laštuvka (2004a, 2006a), Parenti (1963a).