Parafomoria liguricella (Klimesch, 1946)

Cistus albidus, Spain; from van Nieukerken (1983b)
mine
Ovipostion at the leaf upper- or underside; egg with an unusual shape, higher than long. The mine starts as a very narrow, much contorted corridor, forming a quite small secondary blotch in the end. (Sometimes the mine is less contorted and the corridor follows a vein.) Frass in a thick broken central line. Pupation outside the mine.
host plants
Cistaceae, monophagous
Cistus albidus, crispus.
phenology
Larvae have been observed in September – October and in March; probably they belong to the same generation (van Nieukerken, 1983b).
BENELUX
Not known from the Benelux countries (Fauna Europaea, 2009).
distribution within Europe
Western Mediterranean Region (van Nieukerken, 1983b)
larva
Yellowish, lying venter upwards in the mine. Meso- and metathorax with 10 pairs of setae.
synonyms
Stigmella liguricella.
references
Hering (1957a), Klimesch (1946b, 1953a), Laštůvka & Laštůvka (1997a, 2005b, 2008a, 2009b), van Nieukerken (1983b, 1986a), van Nieukerken, Laštůvka & Laštuvka (2004a, 2006a).