Rosa sp., Boswachterij Westerschouwen

Rosa sp., Nieuwendam

detail, to show the switch from the one type of frass to the other

mine

Egg at the underside of the leaf, near a vein. The mine is a clear corridor, often with a hairpin turn, the section before the turn often following the leaf margin. The first section of the mine is entirely filled with greyish green frass. Further on the frass line is quite variable, black, sometimes coiled, always leaving a clear zone at either side. The shift in the frass pattern usually is quite sharp (probably coincides with a moult). The frass is deposited on the ceiling of the mine. Pupation external; exit slit in upper epidermis.

hostplants

Rosaceae, oligophagous

Potentilla caulescens; Rosa arkansana, canina, centifolia, glauca, luciae, pendulina, rubiginosa, rugosa, spinosissima, tomentosa; Sanguisorba minor, officinalis.

phenology

Larvae in July and October (Emmet, 1983a).

BENELUX

BE recorded (Phegea, 2009).

NE recorded (Kuchlein & de Vos, 1999a; Microlepidoptera.nl, 2009).

LUX recorded (Fauna Europaea, 2009).

distribution within Europe

All Europe, perhaps excepted Greece (Fauna Europaea, 2009).

larva

synonyms

Nepticula anomalella; N. fletcheri Tutt, 1899; N. laticuniculella Sauber, 1904; N. zermattensis Weber, 1939; Stigmella caulescentella Klimesch, 1946.

references

Beiger (1979a), Bengtsson (2008a), Borkowski (1969a), Buhr (1936a, 1964a), Burmann (1980a), Buszko & Baraniak (1989a), Buszko & Beshkov (2004a), J Černý (2001a), Csóka (2003a), Diškus & Stonis (2012a), Emmet (1971a, 1983a), van Frankenhuyzen Houtman & Kabos (1982a), Gustafsson (1985a), Gustafsson & van Nieukerken (1990a), Haase (1942a), Hartig (1939a), Hering (1932g, 1957a), Huber (1969a), Huemer (1985a, 1988a), Huemer & Erlebach (2003a), Huisman & Koster (1999a), Johansson ao (1990a), Kasy (1987a), Klimesch (1936a, 1940a, 1946b, 1950c, 1958c), Klimesch & Skala (1936c), Kuchlein & Donner (1993a), Kuchlein & de Vos (1999a), ME & MA Kurz (2007a), A & Z Laštuvka (1997a), Lhomme (1934d), Maček (1999a), Navickaitė, Diškus & Stonis (2011a), van Nieukerken (1986a), van Nieukerken, A & Z Laštuvka (2004a, 2006a), Nowakowski (1954a), De Prins (1998a), Robbins (1991a), Sefrová (2005a), Skala (1939a, 1951a), Skala & Zavřel (1945a), Sønderup (1949a), Starý (1930a), Steuer (1995a), Szőcs (1977a, 1978a, 1981a), Utech (1962a).