Stigmella tormentillella (Herrich-Schäffer, 1860)
on Potentilla


Potentilla aurea (left), P. crantzii, Austria, 1750 and 1800 m, resp.; from Klimesch (1981a)
mine
Egg at the underside of the leaf. The mine is a corridor that considerably widens in the end, and may occupy an entire leaf segment. Frass initially in an uninterrupted central line, further on irregularly scattered.
host plants
Rosaceae, monophagous
Potentilla alba, aurea, crantzii, erecta, reptans, tabernaemontani.
phenology
Larvae in May – June and September – October (Hering, 1957a), but in the mountains only one generation (Johansson ao, 1990a).
BENELUX
Not known from the Benelux countries (Fauna Europaea, 2009).
distribution within Europe
From Germany to the Pyrenees and Italy, and from France to Romania (Fauna Europaea, 2009); Iberia (Laštůvka & Laštůvka, 2015a).
larva
Yellow; described by Gustafsson & van Nieukerken (1990a).
notes
Mainly an alpine species, found as high as 2200 m, but also a few lowland locaties are known (Johansson ao, 1990a).
references
Buhr (1936a), Drăghia (1971a), Gustafsson & van Nieukerken (1990a), Hering (1924a, 1957a), Huber (1969a), Huemer (2012a), Johansson ao (1990a), Klimesch (1981a), Kurz (2016a), Laštůvka & Laštůvka (1997a, 2015a), van Nieukerken (1986a), van Nieukerken, Laštůvka & Laštůvka (2006a), van Nieukerken, Mutanen & Doorenweerd (2012a), Skala (1939a), Steuer (1995a), Szőcs (1977a).