Tischeria decidua Wocke, 1876
on Quercus
Quercus robur, Hungary, Kimle, 17.vii.2019 © László Érsek
another mine, lighted from behind
section through the mine
mine and dropped out cocoon
larva, dorsal view
detail
larva, ventral view
detail

Quercus robur, Wellerlooi
larva, terminal prolegs

Quercus robur, Lage Mierde: to the right the cocoon, upside down
mine
Upper-surface blotch without any initial corridor; the colour is yellow-brown with concentric grey-green arcs. The larva soon starts making a discoidal cocoon in the centre of the mine. During feeding pauses it rests in the cocoon, curved in a horse-shoe position. The mine contains little or no frass. The full grown larva frees the cocoon from the mine by making a circulur cut in the upper epidermis of the leaf. It hibernates in the fallen cocoon.
host plants
Fagaceae, oligophagous
Castanea sativa; Quercus acutissima, cerris, faginea, x hispanica, ithaburensis subsp, macrolepis, mongolica, petraea, pubescens, robur & subsp. pedunculiflora, rubra, serrata, variabilis.
In the Netherlands a mine has been found on Fagus sylvatica; the larva had developed so far as to cut out its cocoon (van Wielink & Ellis, 2011a).
phenology
Larva from August (Hering, 1957a).
BENELUX
BE recorded (Chris Steeman in litt, 2013).
NE recorded (Kuchlein & de Vos, 1999a; Microlepidoptera.nl, 2009).
LUX not recorded (Fauna Europaea, 2009).
distribution within Europe
Europe, south of the line: Netherlands, Poland, Central Russia; not in the British Isles (Fauna Europaea, 2009).
larva
pupa
Described by Patočka & Turčáni (2005a).
references
Baldizzone & scalercio (2018a), Barton (2018b), Beiger (1980a), Buhr (1964a), Corley, Marabuto & Pires (2007a), Csóka (2003a), Drăghia (1972a), Hartig (1939a), Haslberger, Grünewald, Lichtmannecker, ao (2012a), Hering (1931-32f, 1934a, 1957a), Huemer (1986b, 2012a), Huemer & Erlebach (2003a), Huisman, Koster, van Nieukerken & Ulenberg (2005a), Kasy (1983a, 1987a), Kollár & Hrubík (2009a), Klimesch (1950c, 1957a), Kollár (2007a), Kuchlein & Alders (2006a), Kuchlein & Kuchlein-Nijsten (2002b), Kuchlein & de Vos (1999a), Maček (1999a), Matošević, Pernek, Dubravac & Barić (2009a), Patočka & Turčáni (2005a), Plóciennik, Pawlikiewicz & Jaworski (2011a), De Prins (2013a), De Prins & Steeman (2014a), Sato (1993a), Schütze (1931a), Sefrová (2005a), Skala (1951a), Skala & Zavřel (1945a), Stammer (2016a), Stolnicu (2007a, 2008a), Szőcs (1977a), Toll (1959b), Tomov & Dimitrov (2007a), Ureche (2010a), Vávra (2016a), van Wielink & Ellis (2011a), Zimmermann & Skala (1946a), Zoerner (1969a).