Stigmella centifoliella (Zeller, 1848) Species
Last modified: Nov. 7, 2024, 3:52 p.m.
A not-so-common species in Belgium, but probably much more widespread, difficult to study because of the similarity of the mines of Stigmella anomalella.
Details
- Classification
- Family: Nepticulidae > Genus: Stigmella > Species: Stigmella centifoliella
- Vernacular names
- Gelijnde rozenmineermot (NL), Narrow-barred Pigmy (EN)
- First mention in Belgium
- De Crombrugghe G. 1900. Assemblée mensuelle du 2 juin 1900. Note. — Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique 44: 240. On page 240 (as Nepticula centifoliella Z.). view page
- Status
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Native
Distribution
Imago
Museum specimens
Specimens in nature
No pictures yet!Mine
The mine is a long sinous gallery that gradually widens. The black frass is in a central line throughout. Sometimes it's hard to distinguish the mine from that of Stigmella anomalella.
See also bladmineerders.be
Cocoon/pupa
Pupation takes place in a red-brown cocoon spun at the base of a leaf-stalk or on a leaf of the foodplant.
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Flight periods
The adults fly in two generations during April-May and July-August.
Observed on
- Host plant (genera):
- Rosa and Sanguisorba
Mines are found on different species of Rosa but also on Sanguisorba.
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