Roeslerstammia erxlebella (Fabricius, 1787) Species
Last modified: April 3, 2024, 6:40 a.m.
A local and very rare species in Belgium.
Details
- Classification
- Family: Roeslerstammiidae > Genus: Roeslerstammia > Species: Roeslerstammia erxlebella
- Vernacular names
- Lindebronsmot (NL), Copper Ermel (EN)
- First mention in Belgium
- De Crombrugghe G. 1902a. Note sur quelques Microlépidoptères nouvellement observés en Belgique. — Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique 46: 57–58. On page 58 (as Roeslerstammia erxlebella F.). view page
- Status
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Native
Distribution
Imago
Museum specimens
Specimens in nature
Mine
The larva mines the leaves of their host plant. The mine consists of a short, irregular, full depth coridor, which is always located at the leaf margin and generally in the tip of the leaf, the frass broadly scattered. The older larva lives freely on the leaf.
See also bladmineerders.be
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Flight periods
The adults fly in two generations in May and June and again during August and September.
Observed on
- Host plant (species):
- Tilia cordata
- Host plant (genera):
- Tilia and Betula
The larva feeds on: Tilia cordata, Tilia x vulgaris, Acer pseudoplatanus and sometimes Betula species.
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