Stigmella catharticella (Stainton, 1853) Species
Last modified: Oct. 8, 2023, 11:52 a.m.
A rare species throughout Belgium.
Details
- Classification
- Family: Nepticulidae > Genus: Stigmella > Species: Stigmella catharticella
- Vernacular names
- Wegedoornmineermot (NL), Buckthorn Pigmy (EN), Weißfleckiger Kreuzdorn-Zwergminierfalter (DE)
- First mention in Belgium
- Fologne E. 1862c. Notes sur quelques lépidoptères observés en Belgique. — Annales de la Société entomologique belge 6: 170–176. On page 175 (as Nepticula Catharticella. Stt.). view page
- Status
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Native
Distribution
Imago
Museum specimens
Specimens in nature
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The initial gallery is relatively straight, usually following a margin. Suddenly it broadens up and making a serie of "S" turns. The greenish frass is allmost completely filling the gallery. Here and there it's coiled.
See also bladmineerders.be
Cocoon/pupa
Pupation in a yellowish cocoon.
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Bionomics
Pupation in a yellowish cocoon spun on detritus.
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Flight periods
The adults fly in two generations: May-June, and July-August.
Observed on
- Host plant (species):
- Rhamnus cathartica
The monophagous larva mines the leaves of Rhamnus cathartica.
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