Stigmella betulicola (Stainton, 1856) Species
Last modified: Oct. 8, 2023, 11:13 a.m.
A common species in Belgium.
Details
- Classification
- Family: Nepticulidae > Genus: Stigmella > Species: Stigmella betulicola
- Vernacular names
- Sociale berkenmineermot (NL), Common Birch Pigmy (EN)
- First mention in Belgium
- Fologne E. 1862a. Notes d'une excursion à Fondeleffe, près de Dinant. — Annales de la Société entomologique belge 6: 23–25. On page 25 (as N.[epticula] Betulicola). view page
- Status
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Native
Distribution
Imago
Museum specimens
Specimens in nature
No pictures yet!Egg
The egg is deposited on the onderside of a leaf close to a rib.
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Mine
The mine of this species is very contorted and usually not very long. The frass line is linear and broken throughout the mine.
See also bladmineerders.be
Cocoon/pupa
The cocoon is redbrown and is spun on detritus.
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Flight periods
The adults fly in two generations: May–June, and July–August.
Observed on
- Host plant (genera):
- Betula
The monophagous larva makes a leafmine in the leaf of Betula.
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