Tischeria dodonaea Stainton, 1858

small carl

on Quercus

Quercus robur, Hungary, Budapest, Hűvösvölgy, 16.ix.2018 © László Érsek

mine

opened mine

larva, dorsal

detail

larva, ventral

detail

Quercus robur, Duin en Kruidberg

Quercus robur, Loonsche en Drunensche Duinen: centre of the mine, with egg shell

Quercus rubra, Tilburg, de Kaaistoep: larva © Paul van Wielink

mine

Brick red, upper-surface blotch, not preceded by a corridor. Almost all frass is ejected through a slit in the upper epidermis, at the margin of the mine. Characteristic is a pattern of fine concentric lines around the site of oviposition. Rather soon the larva begins to make a flat saucer-shaped cocoon. During feeding pauses it rests here in a horse-shoe position.

host plants

Fagaceae, oligophagous

Castanea sativa; Quercus cerris, faginea, x hispanica, ithaburensis subsp. macrolepis, petraea, pubescens, robur, rubra.

phenology

Larvae from September on; hibernation as larva within the mine (Schütze, 1931a, Emmet, 1983b).

BENELUX

BE recorded (Phegea, 2009).

NE recorded (Kuchlein & de Vos, 1999a; Microlepidoptera.nl, 2009)

LUX recorded (Ellis: Kautenbach).

distribution within Europe

From Fennoscandia to Portugal, Italy, and Romania, and from Ireland to the Ukraine; disjunct also in East Russia (Corley ao, 2006a; Fauna Europaea, 2009); Iberia (Laštůvka & Laštůvka, 2015a).

larva

pupa

Described by Patočka & Turčáni (2005a).

references

Beiger (1980a), Bengtsson (2008a), Buhr (1936a), Corley, Maravalhas & Passos de Carvalho (2006a), Corley, Rosete, Gonçalves ao (2016a), Csóka (2003a), Diškus & Stonis (2012a), Emmet (1983b), Hartig (1939a), Hellers (2016a), Hering (1934a, 1957a), Huber (1969a), Huemer (1986b, 2012a), Huisman, Koster, van Nieukerken & Ulenberg (2004a), Kasy (1987a), Klimesch (1950c, 1957a), Kollár & Hrubík (2009a), Kuchlein & Donner (1991a), Kuchlein & de Vos (1999a), Kurz (2016a), Laštůvka & Laštůvka (2015a), Matošević, Pernek, Dubravac & Barić (2009a), van Nieukerken (2006a), Patočka & Turčáni (2005a), Plóciennik, Pawlikiewicz & Jaworski (2011a), De Prins (1998a, 2013a), De Prins & Steeman (2011a), Robbins (1991a), Schütze (1931a), Sefrová (2005a), Sønderup (1949a), Stammer (2016a), Šulcs (1996a), Szőcs (1977a, 1981a), Toll (1959b), Tomov & Dimitrov (2007a), Ureche (2010a), Zimmermann & Skala (1946a), Zoerner (1969a).