Muhabbetana nigrifasciata (Walsingham, 1908)
Periploca laevigata, Tenerife; from Klimesch (1977a)
mine
The larva initially lives in an oval gall, c. 3 mm long, in the underside of the leaf, bordering the midrib. Only towards the end of its development it makes an elliptic, upper-surface blotch of about 5 m long is made, starting from the gall. Often several mines in a gall. Pupation external.
hostplants
Apocynaceae, monophagous
Periploca laevigata.
distribution within Europe
Canary Islands (Fauna Europaea, 2009).
larva
Light yellow with dark brown head.
synonyms
Ectoedemia, Trifurcula, Fomoria, nigrifasciata.
references
Klimesch (1977a), van Nieukerken (1986a, van Nieukerken, Doorenweerd, Hoare & Davis (2016a), van Nieukerken, Mazurkiewicz & Pałka (2004a), Skala (1939a).