Trifurcula josefklimeschi van Nieukerken, 1990
on Dorycnium
Dorycnium hirsutum, Spain; from van Nieukerken (1990a)
continuation of the mine as a stem mine (less strongly magnified)
mine
From an egg, deposited at the underside of the leaf, runs a narrow corridor towards the petiole. Fram there the larva descends as a stem miner. By the time the larva is full grown, the mined leaflet mostly has been shed already.
hostplants
Fabaceae, monophagous
Dorycnium hirsutum, pentaphyllum.
phenology
Probably bivoltine.
distribution within Europe
South of the line France – Czechia – Ukraine (Fauna Europaea, 2009).
references
A & Z Laštuvka (1997a, 2008a, 2011a, 2014a), Navickaitė, Diškus & Stonis (2014), van Nieukerken (1990a) van Nieukerken, A & Z Laštuvka (2004a, 2006a), Stonis, Navickaitė, Rocienė ao (2013a).