Leucoptera sinuella (Reutti, 1853) Species
Last modified: Nov. 28, 2024, 12:37 p.m.
A very rare species in Belgium.
Details
- Classification
- Family: Lyonetiidae > Subfamily: Cemiostominae > Genus: Leucoptera > Species: Leucoptera sinuella
- Vernacular names
- Populierensneeuwmot (NL), Espen-Langhornminierfalter (DE)
- Synonyms
- Leucoptera susinella (Herrich-Schäffer, 1855)
- First mention in Belgium
- De Fré Ch. 1860. Lépidoptères nouvellement découverts en Belgique. — Annales de la Société entomologique belge 4: 113–115. On page 115.
- Status
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Native
Distribution
Egg
The empty shells are flat and shining and are conspicuous, usually seen with a magnifying glass.
Caterpillar
Mine
Pay close attention to abandoned mines, because they resemble the mines of a Diptera Agromyza albitarsis very well. Also look out for the Hymenoptera: Heterarthrus ochropoda (sawfly) which occurs at the same time on the host plant, if no caterpillars are present in the leaf mine.
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Cocoon/pupa
Bionomics
Usually, 5 to 10 eggs are deposited in groups on the upper side of the leaf, usually along a vein. The white larvae form large, upper-surface blotches in which many larvae may be present because mines can merge.
Pupation is external, mostly on the leaf. Exit slit in the upper epidermis.
Observed on
- Host plant (species):
- Populus tremula, Populus canescens, Populus nigra, Populus balsamifera, Populus balsamifera trichocarpa, Populus alba, Populus × canadensis, Salix aurita, Salix caprea and Salix purpurea
- Host plant (genera):
- Populus and Salix
Different species of Populus and in Central Europe also on Salix.
