Trifurcula ortneri (Klimesch, 1951)
Coronilla minima, Spain, prov. Madrid; from van Nieukerken (2007b)
Coronilla valentina, Croatia; from van Nieukerken (2007b)
mine
Oviposition at a random point of the lower epidermis. Then a long, narrow, little contorted corridor, that follows the leaf margin at some distance. After a moult the corridor gradually widens considerably, generally into a wide corridor, more rarely into a real blotch. Frass in the initial corridor in a narrow, interrupted, central line; in the wider part in a thick lump with little, narrow, interruptions. Pupation outside the mine, exit slit in lower epidermis.
host plants
Fabaceae, monophagous
Coronilla coronata, minima, vaginalis, valentina & subsp. glauca, viminalis; Hippocrepis emerus.
Occurrence on H. emerus and C. minima only rarely (Laštůvka & Laštůvka, 1997a).
phenology
Larvae in june, then again in end-August to September (Klimesch, 1951a).
BENELUX
Not known from the Benelux countries (Fauna Europaea, 2009).
distribution within Europe
From Germany to the Iberian Peninsula, Italy, and Croatia (Fauna Europaea, 2009).
larva
Amber yellow; head capsule and pronotum pale brown; larva lies venter upwards in the mine.
synonyms
Stigmella ortneri.
references
Hering (1957a, 1960a), Kasy (1987a), Klimesch (1951a), Laštůvka & Laštůvka (1997a, 2005a, 2009b, 2014a, 2015a), van Nieukerken (1986a, 2007b), van Nieukerken, Biesenbaum & Wittland (2010a), van Nieukerken, Laštůvka & Laštůvka (2004a, 2006a), Steuer (1988a, 1995a), Szőcs (1977a, 1981a).