Trifurcula josefklimeschi van Nieukerken, 1990

on Dorycnium

Greece, Lefkas, Katouna, 8.ix.2024 © Laurens van der Linde (identification provisional)

Dorycnium hirsutum, Spain; from van Nieukerken (1990a)

continuation of the mine as a stem mine (less strongly magnified)

mine

From an egg, deposited at the underside of the leaf, runs a narrow corridor towards the petiole. Fram there the larva descends as a stem miner. By the time the larva is full grown, the mined leaflet mostly has been shed already.

host plants

Fabaceae, monophagous

Dorycnium hirsutum, pentaphyllum.

phenology

Probably bivoltine.

distribution within Europe

South of the line France – Czechia – Ukraine (Fauna Europaea, 2009).

references

A & Z Laštuvka (1997a, 2008a, 2011a, 2014a), Navickaitė, Diškus & Stonis (2014), van Nieukerken (1990a) van Nieukerken, Laštuvka & Laštuvka (2004a, 2006a), Stonis, Navickaitė, Rocienė ao (2013a), Šumpich (2017a).