1. Lebendfotos

1.1. Falter

2. Biologie

2.1. Nahrung der Raupe

• ? [Asteraceae:] Senecio bonariensis [Vermutung von Stonis et al. (2018: 877)]

Stonis et al. (2018: 877) erläutern: “In the primary description, Bourquin (1962) listed two very different plants as possible hosts for S. guittonae: Senecio (Asteraceae) and Jussiaea (now Ludwigia, Onagraceae). At this time, both seemed unusual for Nepticulidae because no American species previously were known on Asteraceae or Onagraceae. We did not have an opportunity to verify Bourquin’s record, but we recently discovered that many Stigmella from the southern Andes or Patagonia, resembling S. guittonae, are leaf miners on various Asteraceae. Therefore, we now assume that Bourquin’s record of Senecio is correct and that his citation of Ludwigia as a possible host plant of S. guittonae is probably a mistake.”

3. Weitere Informationen

3.1. Andere Kombinationen

• Nepticula guittonae Bourquin, 1961 [Originalkombination]

3.2. Typenmaterial

Bourquin (1961: 33): “Patria: Argentina, Buenos Aires, Delta del Río Paraná. Isla La Tacuarita (Río Gambado). Ejemplares estudiados: Holotypus y 2 Paratypi. Paratypus en el Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales, Buenos Aires. Holotypus, Paratypus en la colección del autor, Buenos Aires.”

3.3. Literatur

• Erstbeschreibung: Bourquin, F. (1961): Microlepidopteros nuevos con sus biologias. — Revista de la Sociedad Entomológica Argentina 23: 31-45. [Zum PDF auf biotaxa.org]
• Stonis, J. R., Diškus, A., Katinas, L. & M. A. Solis (2018): Asteraceae: Host to the Greatest Diversity of Leafmining Nepticulidae (Lepidoptera) in South America? — Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 120 (4): 856-902.