Trifurcula subnitidella (Dpunchel, 1843)
dingy meadow pigmy
on Lotus
mine (from van Nieukerken, 1990a)
parasite
Oviposition often at the base of a petiole, low on the plant. The larva makes a 6-9 cm long gallery in the bark of the stem, without killing the shoot. The first section is narrow, reddish brown; later the gallery, now whitish, becomes as wide as the stem. Frass brown in a sometimes interrupted central line. Larvae feed with their venter towards the epidermis.. Pupation external, in an ochraceous cocoon.
host plants
Fabaceae, monophagous
Lotus corniculatus, pedunculatus.
phenology
Larvae observed in october.
BENELUX
Microlepidoptera.nl, Bladmineerders.be.
distribution within Europe
larva
Very elongate, deep yellow.
synonyms
Trifurcula griseella Wolff, 1957.
references
Baldizzone (2004a), Bengtsson (2008a), Emmet (1975c, 1983a), Gustafsson (1985a), Gustafsson & van Nieukerken (1990a), Huisman & Koster (1994a), Huisman, Koster, van Nieukerken & Ellis (2009a), Johansson, Nielsen, van Nieukerken & Gustafsson (1990a), Kasy (1965a), Laštůvka & Laštůvka (1997a, 2005a, 2009b), Navickaitė, Diškus & Stonis (2014), van Nieukerken (1986a, 1990a, 2006a), van Nieukerken, Biesenbaum & Wittland (2010a), van Nieukerken, Gielis, Huisman ao (1993a), van Nieukerken, Laštůvka & Laštůvka (2004a, 2006a), van Nieukerken, Zolotuhin & Mistchenko (2004a), Pröse (1995a), Segerer, Haslberger, Grünewald ao (2013a), Skala (1939a), Stonis, Navickaitė, Rocienė ao (2013a), Šulcs (1996a), Wieser (2008a).