Tischeria ekebladella (Bjerkander, 1795)
oak carl
on Quercus
Quercus robur, Welna estate, mid-August © Hans Jonkman
Quercus robur, Duin en Kruidberg
Quercus robur, Hoge Veluwe; larva in the mine
Quercus petraea, Hungary, Budapest © László Érsek
underside of a mined leaf
the larve in de left mine is defecating
time lapse
Quercus cerris, Hungary, Budapest, Kamaraerdő © László Érsek: larva dorsal
lateral
ventral
pupa, dorsal
lateral
ventral
mine
Milky white upper-surface primary blotch, sometimes with an orange hue; no trace of a preceding corridor. The inside is lined with much silk, but the mine remains completely flat. The larva soon starts making of a discoid cocoon, about in the centre of the mine. When not feeding it rests in a horsehoe-like posture in its cocoon. The mine contains practically no frass, which is ejected through a cut in the upper epidermis near the margin of the mine. Pupation within the mine.
host plants
Fagaceae, oligophagous
Castanea mollissima, sativa; Quercus cerris, dalechampii, faginea, x hispanica, frainetto, ithaburensis subsp. macrolepis, macranthera, macrocarpa, petraea, pubescens, robur & subsp. pedunculiflora, rubra, serrata.
A communication by Deschka (1983a) that the species were bred from the evergreen oak Q. trojana is probably erroneous.
phenology
Larvae from July. The autumn larvae hibernate in the mine, in the fallen leaf; they pupate only in the spring (Emmet, 1983a).
BENELUX
BE recorded (Phegea, 2009).
NE recorded (Kuchlein & de Vos, 1999a; Microlepidoptera.nl, 2009).
LUX recorded
distribution within Europe
All Europe (Fauna Europaea, 2009).
larva
pupa
synonyms
Tischeria complanella (Hübner, 1817).
notes
Hering (1957a) writes that normally larvae occur from September on. This no longer is the case; mines can be found in number already in early-July.
Emmet (1983b), van Frankenhuyzen & Freriks (1979a) and Jordan (1995a) present details of the biology.
references
Baldizzone (2004a), Beiger (1979a), Bengtsson (2008a), Braggion (2013a), Buhr (1935a, 1936a, 1964a), Buszko & Baraniak (1989a), Buszko & Beshkov (2004a), Corley, Marabuto, Maravalhas ao (2009a), Corley, Maravalhas & Passos de Carvalho (2006a), Csóka (2003a), Deschka (1983a), Deschka & Wimmer (2000a), Deutsch (2012a), Diškus & Stonis (2012a), Drăghia (1968a, 1971a, 1972a), Emmet (1983b), Van Frankenhuyzen & Freriks (1979a), van Frankenhuyzen & Houtman (1972a), van Frankenhuyzen Houtman & Kabos (1982a), Fulmek (1910a), Grandi (1929a, 1931a, 1933a), Gripenberg (2007a), Gripenberg & Roslin (2008a), Hartig (1939a), Hellers (2016a), Hering (1932a,g, 1934a, 1957a), Huber (1969a), Huemer (2012a), Huemer & Erlebach (2003a), Jordan (1995a), Kasy (1965a), Klimesch (1942a, 1950c, 1957a, 1958c), Kollár (2007a), Kollár & Hrubík (2009a), Kuchlein & Donner (1993a), Kuchlein & de Vos (1999a), Kurz (2016a) , Kvičala (1938a), Leutsch (2011a), Lhomme (1934b,d), Maček (1999a), Matošević, Pernek, Dubravac & Barić (2009a), Michalska (1970a, 1972a, 1976a), Michna (1975a), van Nieukerken (2006a), Nowakowski (1954a), Patočka & Turčáni (2005a), Plóciennik, Pawlikiewicz & Jaworski (2011a), Popescu-Gorj & Drăghia (1966a), De Prins (1998a, 2007a, 2013a), Puplesis & Diskus (2003a), Robbins (1991a), Schütze (1931a), Sefrová (2005a), Skala (1951a), Sønderup (1949a), Stammer (2016a), Starý (1930a), Stolnicu (2007a, 2008a), Szőcs (1977a, 1978a, 1981a), Toll (1959b), Tomov & Dimitrov (2007a), Ureche (2010a), Utech (1962a), Vegliante & Zilli (2007a), van Wielink (2020a), Yefremova & Kravchenko (2015a), Zoerner (1969a, 1970a).