Seq # 115100100

Stigmella carpinella (Heinemann, 1862) Species

Last modified: Nov. 7, 2024, 3:50 p.m.


A very rare species in Belgium. Distribution per province insufficiently known due to the difficult recognition of the mine, most likely more common.


Details

Classification
Family: Nepticulidae > Genus: Stigmella > Species: Stigmella carpinella
Vernacular names
Haagbeukmineermot (NL), Hornbeam Pigmy (EN)
First mention in Belgium
De Crombrugghe G. 1907a. Observations sur quelques larves de microlépidoptères des environs de Bruxelles. — Revue mensuelle de la Société entomologique namuroise 7: 11–12. On page 12 (as Nepticula Carpinella, Hein.). view page
Status

Native


Distribution


Imago

Museum specimens


Specimens in nature

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Mine

The mine is an irregular gallery that is shorter and broader than the mine of Stigmella microtheriella. In the first part of the mine the frass fills the gallery allmost completely, further on it's less densly scattered leaving clear margins.

See also bladmineerders.be


Cocoon/pupa

The cocoon is white to pale yellow.

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Bionomics

On the underside of the leaf, usually in an angle against the midrib.

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Flight periods

Two generations a year with adults on the wing in May and again in July and August.


Observed on

Host plant (species):
Carpinus betulus

Monophagous on Carpinus betulus.

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