Glaucolepis thymi (Szöcs, 1965)

mine

Narrow gallery that winds through a leaf, then moves to the leaf opposite through the bark of the stem. This second leaf is completely mined out in two or three loops. Frass in a not too narrow central line.

hostplants

Lamiaceae, oligophagous

Satureja cuneifolia, montana; Thymus camphoratus, mastichina, odoratissimus, pulegioides & subsp. pannonicus, vulgaris.

phenology

Two or more generations.

BENELUX

Not known from the Benelux countries (Fauna Europaea, 2009).

distribution within Europe

From Germany and Poland to the Alps and Hungary; France, Iberian Peninsula (Fauna Europaea, 2009).

larva

Yellow.

synonyms

Fedalmia, Trifurcula, thymi.

notes

Species of extremely xerothermic habitats.

references

Borkowski (1970a), A & Z Laštuvka (1997a, 2005a, 2008a, 2011a, 2014a), Z & A Laštůvka (2009b), Liška ao (2000a), van Nieukerken (1986a), van Nieukerken, Biesenbaum & Wittland (2010a), van Nieukerken, A & Z Laštuvka (2004a, 2006a), Szőcs (1977a, 1981a).