Stigmella eberhardi (Johansson. 1971)

Lepidoptera, Nepticulidae

mine

Egg usually at the upperside of the leaf. The mine is a slender corridor with a narrow frass line. The mine cannot be disinguished from the ones of roborella or atricapitella.

hostplants

Fagaceae, monophagous

Quercus ilex, petraea, pubescens, pyrenaica, robur, suber.

Rare on the evergreen oaks Q. ilex, suber, and then only on the very young leaves.

phenology

Bivoltine, in the south probably continuously breeding.

distribution within Europe

From France, Czechia, and Slovakia to the Iberian Peninsula, Sardinia, Italy, and Greece (Fauna Europaea, 2009).

larva

Yellow.

references

Borkowski (1972b), Johansson (1971a), A & Z Laštuvka (1997a, 2008a, 2011a, 2014a), Kasy (1983a), van Nieukerken (1986a), van Nieukerken & Johansson (2003a), van Nieukerken, A & Z Laštuvka (2004a, 2006a), Z & A Laštůvka (2009b), Szőcs (1977a, 1981a).

15/01/2017