Rosa sp., Greece, Parnassos; from van Nieukerken (1990b)

mine

Oviposition at upper- or underside of the leaf, often near a vein. The mine is a not very slender corridor that often follows the serration of the leaf margin for some distance. Fras line quite broad, especially in the first part of the mine, where hardly a transparent margin is left.

hostplants

Rosaceae, oligophagous

Rosa rugosa, spinosissima; Sanguisorba minor.

phenology

Probably bivoltine.

BENELUX

not known from the Benelux countries (Fauna Europaea, 2009).

distribution within Europe

From Germany to the Iberian Peninsula, Sardinia, Italy, and Greece, and from France to Central en South Russia (Fauna Europaea, 2009).

larva

Yellow.

synonyms

Stigmella spinosissimae: auct.; Stigmella cyrneorolandi Nel & Varenne, 2013

notes

It is hardly possible to distinguish the mines from those of Stigmella anomalella and St. centifoliella.

references

Huemer & ivan Nieukerken (2021a), Klimesch (1958c), A & Z Laštuvka (1997a, 2005a, 2008a, 2011a), Maček (1999a), Navickaitė, Diškus & Stonis (2014), Nel & Varenne (2013a), van Nieukerken (1986a, 1990b), van Nieukerken, A & Z Laštuvka (2004a, 2006a), Z & A Laštůvka (2009b), van Nieukerken, Zolotuhin & Mistchenko (2004a), Skala (1939a), Stonis, Navickaitė, Rocienė ao (2013a), Szőcs (1977a, 1978a, 1981a), Triberti & Braggio (2011a), Yefremova & Kravchenko (2015a).