Pyrus communis, Berkel en Rodenrijs, Ackerdijkse Plassen

mine

Egg may be at either side of the leaf. Mine a corridor, usually compacted into a small area, sometimes forming a secondary blotch. Frass black, in the first section of the gallery in a more of less broad central line, clearly coiled in the last part.

host plants

Rosaceae, monophagous

Pyrus betulifolia, calleryana, communis.

phenology

Larvae in June – July and early-September – mid-October (Johansson ao, 1990a).

BENELUX

BE recorded (Phegea, 2009).

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

LUX recorded (Fauna Europaea, 2009).

distribution within Europe

From Sweden to the Pyrenees, Italy, and Bulgaria, and from Britain to the Ukraine (Fauna Europaea, 2009).

larva

Bluish green, head light brown (Emmet, 1983a; Schoorl ao, 1985a; Gustafsson & van Nieukerken, 1990a).

synonyms

Nepticula pyri.

parasitoids, predators

Chrysocharis pentheus; Neochrysocharis chlorogaster.

notes

Sometimes in such densities that damage occurs, especially in espaliers along a south-facing wall (van Frankenhuyzen & Freriks, 1972b).

references

Anisimovas, Diškus & Stonis (2006a), Beiger (1979a), Bengtsson (2008a), Borkowski (1969a), Buhr (1935b, 1964a), Buszko & Baraniak (1989a), J Černý (2001a), Diškus & Stonis (2012a), Drăghia (1968a, 1970a, 1972a), Emmet (1983a), van Frankenhuyzen & Freriks (1972b), van Frankenhuyzen & Houtman (1972a), van Frankenhuyzen Houtman & Kabos (1982a), Gustafsson & van Nieukerken (1990a), Haase (1942a), Hartig (1939a), Hering (1957a), Huber (1969a), Huemer (1988a), Johansson ao (1990a), Klimesch (1936a), Klimesch & Skala (1936c), Kuchlein & Donner (1993a), Kuchlein & de Vos (1999a), Kurz (2016a), Kurz & urz (2007a), Kvičala (1938a), A & Z Laštuvka (1997a), Maček (1999a), Michna (1975a), van Nieukerken (1986a, 2006a), van Nieukerken, A & Z Laštuvka (2006a), Nowakowski (1954a), Popescu-Gorj & Drăghia (1968a), De Prins (1998a), De Prins & Steeman (2011a, 2013a), Robbins (1991a), Schoorl ao (1985a), Schütze (1931a), Sefrová (2005a), Skala (1939a, 1941a, 1951a), Sobczyk & van Nieukerken (2021a), Sønderup (1949a), Starý (1930a), Steuer (1995a), Szőcs (1977a, 1981a), Zoerner (1969a).