Stigmella carpinella (Heinemann, 1862) Species
Last modified: March 28, 2024, 12:35 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
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Native
Distribution
Imago
Museum specimens
Specimens in nature
No pictures yet!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: adults are 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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