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).