Ectoedemia (Ectoedemia) erythrogenella (Joannis)

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 : 64-65

Ectoedemia (Ectoedemia) erythrogenella (Joannis)

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Biology. Hostplants: mainly evergreen Rubus species: mainly R. ulmifolius Schott. and R. sanctus Schreb. (sometimes regarded as synonyms). Larvae found from autumn throughout winter, September to April, again in July; adults in April to July. In the northern part of its range certainly univoltine, possibly with more generations in parts of the mediterranean.

Figures Ι08–ΙΙ0. Ectoedemia (Ectoedemia) angulifasciella group, male genitalia. Ι08 E. spiraeae , Russia, SW Altai, Katun valley, slide RMNH.INS.15041 Ι09, ΙΙ0 E. spinosella , paratype of E. albiformae , Turkmenistan, 40 km E Kara Kala, slide EJvN 3922.

Distribution. Here recorded new for Sardinia and Turkey. Earlier records from Greece and Tunisia based on leafmines are confirmed by reared adults.

Material. Croatia: 1♀, Krk, Str. Krk-Vrbnik , 23.VII.1988, G. Baldizzone ( GB) . Greece: larvae, Fokis, Glifadha-Spilia , 7.XI.2008, Rubus ulmifolius , E.J. van Nieukerken ( RMNH) ; leafmines, Lakonia , 4 km SW Yíthion, coastal plain, 15.II.1990, E.J. van Nieukerken ( RMNH) ; 2♁, 1♀, Lakonia, Nomia , 7 km SW Monemvasia, 13.II.1990, e.l. 6–18.IV.1990, E.J. van Nieukerken ( RMNH) ; leafmines, Messinía, Kardhamili , gorge with dense maquis, 18.II.1990, E.J. van Nieukerken, ( RMNH) ; Italy, Sardinia: 1♁, Cagliari, Domusnovas, Sa Duchessa , 350 m, 28. VI.2004, at light, P. Triberti & G. Baldizzone ( PT) . Tunisia: 1♀, Ain Draham , 21.IV.1973, larvae on Rubus sp., e.l. V.1973, G. Deschka (AL) ; 1♁, 5 km E Tamera , leafmines Rubus sp., el 21–25.III.1986, O. Karsholt ( ZMUC) . Turkey: 1♁, Antalya, Olympos , ancient ruins near beach, 1.III.2005, leafmines on R. sanctus , e.l. 22.IV.2005, E.J. van Nieukerken ( RMNH) ; 2♁, Antalya, Phaselis ruins, 3km NE Tekirova, 4.III.2005, leafmines on R. sanctus , e.l. 18.IV.2005, E.J. van Nieukerken ( RMNH) .