Phyllonorycter strigulatella (Lienig & Zeller, 1846) Species
Last modified: Dec. 14, 2024, 4:43 p.m.
A widespread but not very common species throughout Belgium.
Details
- Classification
- Family: Gracillariidae > Subfamily: Lithocolletinae > Genus: Phyllonorycter > Species: Phyllonorycter strigulatella
- Vernacular names
- Fraaie elzenvouwmot (NL), Grey-alder midget (EN), Grauerlen-Faltenminiermotte (DE)
- First mention in Belgium
- De Crombrugghe G. 1899. Note sur quelques Microlépidoptères nouveaux pour la faune belge. — Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique 43: 72–76. On page 74 (as Lithocolletis strigulatella Tr.). view page
- Status
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Native
Distribution
Imago
Head dark brown; forewing ground colour golden brown; white pattern consisting of a straight basal streak, a patch on the dorsum near the base, four costal and three dorsal striae, the first costal is characteristis with its rectangular shape; a patch of black scales in the apical area.
Museum specimens
No pictures yet!Specimens in nature
Mine
An elongated, tentiform mine on the underside of a leaf, sometimes reaching from the main vein to the leaf margin, situated between two secondary veins. The last instar applies so much silk in the mine that it is sometimes contorted into a tube. The frass is concentrated in a corner of the mine. Many times there are several mines on one leaf.
See also gracillariidae.net and bladmineerders.be.
Cocoon/pupa
A white cocoon without applying frass.
Bionomics
The species hibernates in the pupal stage, inside the cocoon between fallen leaves among leaf litter on the ground. After the emergence of the adult, the pupal skin protrudes through the mine.
Flight periods
Two generations a year from mid-April till the end of May and in July–August.
Observed on
- Host plant (species):
- Alnus incana
The species is monophagous on Alnus incana, but it has also been recorded from Alnus glutinosa in Belgium.
