Coptotriche heinemanni (Wocke, 1871)
kent carl
Agrimonia eupatoria, France, dépt. Ariège, l’Oustal, Alliat © Steve Wullaert & Zoe Vanstraelen
the general aspect is like that of Fenella nigrita, but the mines are lightly contracted by silk, and no frass is detectable.
Rubus fruticosus, Goirle
Rubus fruticosus, Lettele: opened mine
mine
Egg well visible, on the upper surface (contary to Metallus pumilus). The mine is a large, transparent, upper-surface blotch, yellowish green at first, brownish later. Silk is deposited in the mine, but the quantity is too little to influence its colour; also the mine does not contract, like in C. marginea. All frass is ejected through a small opening in the underside of the mine. Pupation takes place after hibernation, within the mine; pupa not in a cocoon.
hostplants
Rosaceae, oligophagous
Agrimonia eupatoria, procera; Rubus caesius, fruticosus, idaeus, laciniatus.
A report of Rosa as a host plant by Maček (1999a) needs further confirmation.
phenology
Larvae from September till October (Hering, 1957a).
BENELUX
BE recorded (van Nieukerken, 2006a).
NE recorded (Kuchlein & de Vos, 1999a; Microlepidoptera.nl, 2009).
LUX not recorded (Fauna Europaea, 2009).
distribution within Europe
From Fennoscandia to the Pyrenees, Italy, and Romania, and from Britain to the Ukraine (Fauna Europaea, 2009).
larva
pupa
synonyms
Emmetia, Tischeria heinemanni.
Rubus fruticosus, Korenburgerveen
notes
John Langmaid (UK) has reared a number of adults from mines that had been positively identified as heinemanni; however, all specimens turned out to be C. marginea. At the other hand, DNA-analysis by Camiel Doorenweerd demonstrated that the larva in this “unmistakable” marginea mine actually was a heinemanni. Identification of the mines of this species evidently is tricky.
references
Ahr (1966a), Baldizzone (2004a), Baldizzone & Triberi (1982a), Beiger (1960a, 1979a), Bengtsson (2008a), Buhr (1936a, 1941, 1964a), Csóka (2003a), Drăghia (1970a, 1972a), van Frankenhuyzen & Houtman (1972a), Grandi (1931a, 1933a), Hering (1957a), Huber (1969a), Huemer & Erlebach (2003a), Huisman & Koster (1994a, 2000a), Huisman, Koster, Muus & van Nieukerken (2013a), Huisman, Koster, van Nieukerken & Ulenberg (2004a), Ivinskis, Rimšaitė & Pūtys (2020a), Klimesch (1950c, 1957c), Kuchlein & Donner (1993a), Kuchlein & de Vos (1999a), Langohr & Schreurs (1987a), Maček (1999a), Matošević, Pernek, Dubravac & Barić (2009a), Michna (1975a), van Nieukeren (2006a), Nowakowski (1954a), Patočka & Turčáni (2005a), Popescu-Gorj & Drăghia (1968a), Skala (1951a), Skala & Zavřel (1945a), Stammer (2016a), Steeman & Sierens (2020a), Stolnicu (2007a), Surányi (1942a), Szőcs (1977a, 1978a, 1981a), Szőcs, Melika, Thuróczy & Csóka (2014a), Toll (1959b), Ureche (2010a), Zoerner (1969a, 1970a).