Lep: Heliozelidae
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159 Antispila treitschkiella (Fischer von Röslerstamm, 1843)
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this mine is on Cornus mas

 

Food Plant: Cornus (Dogwood)

Egg: in a slit near the leaf margin

Mine: August-October

Notes: formerly A.petryi. The initial mine is a short gallery at the leaf edge, which expands to from a blotch. The larva cuts out an oval case 4-5.5mm long.

Data: 01.vii.2005, Leiden West,Netherlands (prov Zuid-Holland)

Image:© E.J.van Nieukerken

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