Phyllonorycter agilella
Seq # 185330030
Phyllonorycter apparella

Phyllonorycter anderidae (Fletcher W., 1885) Species

Last modified: Nov. 26, 2024, 11:53 a.m.

A very rare and local species in Belgium.

Details

Classification
Family: Gracillariidae > Subfamily: Lithocolletinae > Genus: Phyllonorycter > Species: Phyllonorycter anderidae
Vernacular names
Berkenopslagvouwmot (NL), Small birch midget (EN), Zwergbirken-Faltenminierer (DE)
First mention in Belgium
Henderickx H. 1982. Phyllonorycter anderidae Fletcher, een nieuwe soort voor de Belgische fauna (Lepidoptera, Gracillariidae). — Phegea 10(4): 197–199. On page 197. view page
Status

Native

Distribution

Imago

Small species, forewing ground color golden brown with a white striae pattern. Very much alike Phyllonorycter ulmifoliella, also living on Betula species, but the ground color in P. anderidae is more reddish and the pattern shows more contrast.

Museum specimens

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Specimens in nature

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Caterpillar

Yellowish green with brown head capsule.

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Mine

Small tentiform mine on the underside of the leaf, about 1 cm long, the leaf is a little lighter green where the mine is present.
See also gracillariidae.net and bladmineerders.be.

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Cocoon/pupa

No cocoon constructed.

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Bionomics

The egg is deposited on the underside of the leaf.
Pupation within the mine without construction of a cocoon. The species hibernates in the pupal stage.

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Flight periods

Two generations a year in April–May and August.

Observed on

Host plant (species):
Betula pubescens

The caterpillar preferably lives on Betula pubescens, but it has also been recorded from Betula nana.

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Habitat

The species is bound to humid, open places with seedlings of Betula pubescens.

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Contact
Statistics
Flemish Entomological Society

jurate.deprins@gmail.com
    Species presence
  • 1799 West-Vlaanderen
  • 1793 Oost-Vlaanderen
  • 1967 Antwerpen
  • 1920 Limburg
  • 214 Vlaams Brabant
  • 1915 Brabant
  • 28 Brabant Wallon
  • 1680 Hainaut
  • 2224 Namur
  • 2143 Liège
  • 2222 Luxembourg