Stigmella geimontani (Klimesch, 1940)

Geum montanum, Austria, 2000 m; from Klimesch (1980a)
mine
Egg at the underside of a leaf close to the ground. The mine is a corridor, rather contorted at first, strongly broadened towards the end. Frass initially in a coarse, often interrupted central line, broadly scattered in the later part of the mine. The mines sometimes are hard to distinguish from those of St. pretiosa.
hostplants
Rosaceae, monophagous
Geum montanum.
phenology
Mines in the second half of July (usually mid September to mid October in St. pretiosa) (Johansson ao, 1990a).
distribution within Europe
Austrian Alps, above 1700 m (Johansson ao, 1990a).
larva
Yellow.
references
Johansson ao (1990a), Klimesch (1940b, 1981a) A & Z Laštuvka (1997a), Maček (1999a), van Nieukerken (1986a), van Nieukerken, Mutanen & Doorenweerd (2012a).