Stigmella aeneofasciella (Herrich-Schäffer, 1855) Species
Last modified: Oct. 2, 2023, 12:42 p.m.
A very rare and local species in Belgium, hitherto only known from the southern part of the country.
Details
- Classification
- Family: Nepticulidae > Genus: Stigmella > Species: Stigmella aeneofasciella
- Vernacular names
- Messingbandmineermot (NL), Brassy Pigmy (EN)
- 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 (as Nepticula Aeneofasciella. Frey.). view page
- Status
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Native
Distribution
Imago
Museum specimens
Specimens in nature
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The initial gallery is long and very narrow with a thin black central frassline. Further on the mine widens into a elongated blotch where the black frass is scattered.
See also bladmineerders.be
Cocoon/pupa
The cocoon is pale brown.
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Flight periods
The adults are on the wing in May and again in August.
Observed on
- Host plant (species):
- Potentilla anserina, Potentilla erecta, Potentilla reptans, Fragaria vesca and Agrimonia eupatoria
- Host plant (genera):
- Agrimonia, Potentilla and Fragaria
The larvae mines the leaves of: Potentilla, Fragaria and Agrimonia.
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