Tischeria ekebladella

Tischeria ekebladella
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Tischeriidae
Genus: Tischeria
Species: T. ekebladella
Binomial name
Tischeria ekebladella
(Bjerkander, 1795)
Synonyms
  • Phalaena ekebladella Bjerkander, 1795
  • Tinea complanella Hubner, 1817
  • Tischeria complanella
  • Porrectaria rufipennis Haworth, 1828
  • Aphelosetia rufipennella Stephens, 1834
  • Aphelosetia fulvescens Stephens, 1834
  • Tinea ricciardella Costa, 1836

Tischeria ekebladella is a moth of the Tischeriidae family. It is found in most of Europe and the Caucasus.

The wingspan is 8–11 mm. Adults are on wing from May to June depending on the location.

The larvae feed on Castanea mollissima, C. sativa, Quercus cerris, Q. dalechampii, Q. faginea, Q. frainetteo, Q. macranthera, Q. macrocarpa, Q. macrolepis, Q. pedunculiflora, Q. petraea, Q. pubescens, Q. robur, Q. rubra and Q. serrata × turneri. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine consists of a milky white upper-surface primary blotch, sometimes with an orange hue. There is no trace of a preceding corridor. The inside is lined with silk, but the mine remains completely flat. The larva makes a discoid cocoon, where it rests when not feeding. The mine contains practically no frass, which is removed through a cut in the upper epidermis near the margin of the mine. Pupation takes place within the mine.

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