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).