Phegea53-3. <i>Lampronia capitella</i> (Lepidoptera: Prodoxidae): feeding signs of first instar larvae in <i>Ribes</i> fruits.

The occurrence of <i>Lampronia capitella</i> (Clerck, 1759) (Lepidoptera: Prodoxidae) is mainly confirmed by observations of adult moths or nearly full-grown larvae within terminal shoots of <i>Ribes</i> spp. in early spring. This article briefly describes and illustrates a way of detecting this species in late spring or early summer by searching for feeding signs in the developing fruits of the host plant.