Ectoedemia (Ectoedemia) pubescivora (Weber)

van Nieukerken, Erik, Laštůvka, Aleš & Laštůvka, Zdeněk, 2010, Western Palaearctic Ectoedemia (Zimmermannia) Hering and Ectoedemia Busck s. str. (Lepidoptera: Nepticulidae): five new species and new data on distribution, hostplants and recognition, ZooKeys 32 (32), pp. 1-82 : 60-61

Ectoedemia (Ectoedemia) pubescivora (Weber)

Fig. 121

Biology. Hostplants: Quercus pubescens Willd. and Q. pyrenaica Willd. (Van Nieukerken et al. 2004a) .

Larvae found in October, adults fly from May to July.

Distribution. Spain, Portugal: Van Nieukerken et al. 2004 a, Laštůvka and Laštůvka 2008. A record from Ukraine: Crimea ( Budashkin 1988) is not accepted, it is probably the record later interpreted as E. contorta (see there). Here recorded new for San Marino. Widespread in SW Europe, with easternmost records in northern Italy near Verona.

Remarks. Mines and larvae of this species can be separated from those of E. albifasciella , E. contorta and E. heringi by the presence of ventral black plates on the larva until early final stage (Fig. 121). Often sympatric with these three species.

Material. France, all Alpes Maritimes: 2 larvae (1 dead), Col de Braus , 0.5 km S, SW of Sospel, 1063m, 8, 15.X.2008, leafmines Quercus pubescens EJvN2008147, 2008319 ( RMNH. INS 17612, 17705 ) ; 2 larvae, Col de Petit Braus , 3.7 WSW of Sospel, 1080 m, 8, 15.X.2008, leafmines Q. pubescens , EJvN2008150, 2008323, ( RMNH. INS 12971, 17667 ) ; 4 larvae, Mont Méras , N. slopes, ca 4.5 km SW of Sospel, 1080–1130m, 8, 15.X.2008, leafmines Q. pubescens EJvN2008156, 2008324 ( RMNH. INS 12965, 17709–11 ) ; 1 larva, Alpes Maritimes, Fontan, 1.5 km N., near Berghue inf., 740–845 m, 11.X.2008, leafmines Q. pubescens EJvN2008239 ( RMNH. INS 17674) ; 3 larvae [DNA controlled], Fontan, 1.7 km N., near Berghue inf., 900m, 11.X.2008, leafmines Q. pubescens EJvN2008242 ( RMNH. INS12900–12901 , 12998 ) ; 1 larva Paganin, N. of Fontan , E. slopes, 540– 660m, 11.X.2008, leafmines Q. pubescens EJvN2008301 ( RMNH. INS 17673) ; all leg E.J. van Nieukerken & C. Doorenweerd ( RMNH) . Italy: 1♁, 2♀, Alessandria, Alfiano Natta , 23. VI.1978, G. Baldizzone ( GB, RMNH) ; 2♁, 1♀, Asti, fraz. Valmanera, Oasi WWF, 130 m, 29.V–13. VI.2006, G. Baldizzone ( GB) ; 1♀, Modena, Zocca , 758 m, 19. V.1956, U. Parenti, (coll. Parenti) ; 1♀, Savona, Conna , 300 m, 27. VI.1976, G. Baldizzone ( GB) ; 1♀, Savona, Testico , 470 m, 5.VII.1969, E. Jäckh ( USNM) ; 10♁, 1♀, Verona, Negrar, Monte Masua , 400 m, 12. VI.2002, P. Triberti ( PT, RMNH) . Portugal: 1♁, 1♀, Badajoz, Povolide , 21. VI.2004, A. & Z. Laštůvka (AL) ; 8♁, 9♀, Tras-os-Montes, PN Montesinho: Montesinho , 20. VI.2004, A. & Z. Laštůvka (AL) . San Marino: 3♁, 1♀, San Marino, 5–8. VI.1991, P. Grotenfelt ( MZH, RMNH) .