Quercus robur, Duin en Kruidberg

mine

Oviposition close to or upon a thick vein, always at the upper side. The mine is a long, slowly widening, slender corridor, with a characteristic sinuous course. Frass completely filling the corridor, in clear arcs, green when fresh, brown later. Fresh mines are almost concolorous with the leaf, and not very apparent.

host plants

Fagaceae, oligophagous

Castanea sativa; Quercus castaneifolia, cerris, frainetto, ithaburensis subsp. macrolepis, petraea, pubescens, pyrenaica, robur, rubra.

phenology

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

BENELUX

BE recorded (De Prins, 1998a; van Nieukerken, 2006b).

NE recorded (Kuchlein & de Vos, 1999a; Microlepidoptera.nl, 2008).

LUX recorded (Ellis: Kautenbach).

distribution within Europe

Entire Europe, except Ireland (Fauna Europaea, 2008).

larva

Green (Johansson ao, 1990a).

synonyms

Stigmella cerricolella Klimesch, 1946.

references

Aarvik, Bakke, Berg ao (1997a), Beiger (1980a), Bengtsson (2008a), Bland (1986a), Borkowski (1969a, 1972b), Buhr (1936a, 1964a), Buszko & Baraniak (1989a), J Černý (2001a), Diškus & Stonis (2012a), Emmet (1971a, 1983a), Gustafsson (1985a), Gustafsson & van Nieukerken (1990a), Haase (1942a), Hering (1932g, 1934a, 1957a), Huber (1969a), Johansson (1971a), Johansson ao, 1990a), Kasy (1987a), Klimesch (1946b, 1950c, 1978b), Kuchlein & Donner (1993a), Kuchlein & de Vos (1999a), A & Z Laštuvka (1997a, 2005a, 2014a), Maček (1999a), Michalska (1972a, 1976a), Michna (1975a), Navickaitė, Diškus & Stonis (2014), van Nieukerken (1986a, 2006a), van Nieukerken & Johansson (2003a), van Nieukerken, A & Z Laštuvka (2006a), Z & A Laštůvka (2009b), van Nieukerken, Zolotuhin & Mistchenko (2004a), Nowakowski (1954a), Plóciennik, Pawlikiewicz & Jaworski (2011a), De Prins (1998a), Robbins (1991a), Schütze (1931a), Sefrová (2005a), Skala (1939a), Skala & Zavřel (1945a), Sønderup (1949a), Stammer (2016a), Steuer (1995a), Stonis, Navickaitė, Rocienė ao (2013a), Szőcs (1968a, 1977a, 1981a), Tomov & Dimitrov (2007a), Ureche (2010a), van Wielink (2020a), Wieser (2008a), Zoerner (1969a).