Parafomoria helianthemella (Herrich-Schäffer, 1860)

on Helianthemum

Helianthemum nummularium, Czech Republic, Northern Bohemia, Louny © Jindra Černý

Helianthemum nummularium, France; from van Nieukerken (1983b)

mine

Egg at the upper side of the leaf; the chorion is flat, brownish. The mine is a narrow corridor, often following the leaf margin or a vein. Frass in a relatively thick central line, continuous at first, dispersed towards the end.

host plants

Cistaceae, monophagous

Helianthemum alpestre, canum, nummularium & subsp. obscurum, salicifolium.

phenology

Larvae from mid-June till late October; sometimes three generations (van Nieukerken, 1983b).

BENELUX

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

distribution within Europe

From Germany and Poland to the Pyrenees, Italy, and Bulgaria (Fauna Europaea, 2009); Iberia (Laštůvka & Laštůvka, 2015a).

larva

Yellowish, described by Gustafsson & van Nieukerken (1990a). The larva lies venter upwards in the mine.

synonyms

Nepticula, Stigmella helianthemella.

references

Buszko (1987a), Gustafsson & van Nieukerken (1990a), Hering (1957a), Johansson ao (1990a), Kasy (1983a, 1985a, 1987a), Klimesch (1940a, 1950c, 1958c), Laštůvka & Laštuvka (1997a, 2005b, 2015a), van Nieukerken (1983b, 1985b, 1986a), van Nieukerken, Laštůvka & Laštuvka (2006a), Skala (1939a), Steuer (1995a), Šumpich, Žemlička & Dvořák (2013a), Szőcs (1968a, 1977a, 1981a).