Coptotriche gaunacella (Duponchel, 1843)
grey carl
on Prunus

Prunus cerasus, Belgium, prov. Liège, Huy © Jean-Yves Baugnée

mine, lighted from behind, with larva
mine
Upper-surface blotch. The inner wall is lined with much silk, giving the mine a white colour. The silk also causes the mine to contract, pulling the leaf margins upwards; the mine can be almost completely hidden from view in this way. All frass is ejected from the mine. Pupation within the mine.
host plants
Rosaceae, monophagous
Prunus cerasifera, cerasus, domestica & subsp. insititia, persica, spinosa.
phenology
Larvae in September, October (Hering, 1957a).
BENELUX
BE recorded (van Nieukerken, 2006a).
NE not recorded (Fauna Europaea, 2009).
LUX not recorded (Fauna Europaea, 2009).
distribution within Europe
From Sweden tot the Pyrenees, Corsica, Italy, and Greece, and from Britain to the Ukraine (Fauna Europaea, 2009); Iberia (Laštůvka & Laštůvka, 2015a).
larva
pupa
See Grandi (1929a, 1931a, 1933a), Patočka & Turčáni (2005a).
synonyms
Emmetia, Tischeria gaunacella.
references
Bengtsson (2008a), Buhr (1936a), Buszko & Beshkov (2004a), Drăghia (1968a,b, 1970a, 1971a), Emmet (1983b), Grandi (1929a, 1931a, 1933a), Hering (1932g, 1957a), Huemer (1988a), Kasy (1983a, 1987a), Klimesch (1957a, 1958c), Klimesch & Skala (1936b), Laštůvka & Laštůvka (2015a), Lhomme (1934c), Maček (1999a), van Nieukeren (2006a), Patočka & Turčáni (2005a), Popescu-Gorj & Drăghia (1968a), Sefrová (2005a), Skala (1951a), Skala & Zavřel (1945a), Steeman & Sierens (2020a), Stolnicu (2007a, 2008a), Szőcs (1977a, 1978a, 1981a), Toll (1959b), Wieser (2005a).