Seq # 215020050

Leucoptera sinuella (Reutti, 1853) Species

Last modified: Dec. 28, 2023, 5:19 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

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 occur at the same time on the host plant, if no caterpillars are present in the leaf mine.


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Cocoon/pupa


Bionomics

The usually 5 to 10 eggs are deposited in groups on the upperside 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 upper epidermis.

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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.

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