Stigmella continuella (Stainton, 1856) Species
Last modified: Nov. 7, 2024, 3:56 p.m.
A fairly common species throughout Belgium.
Details
- Classification
- Family: Nepticulidae > Genus: Stigmella > Species: Stigmella continuella
- Vernacular names
- Groene berkenmineermot (NL), Double-barred 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 continuella. Stt.). view page
- Status
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Native
Distribution
Imago
Museum specimens
Specimens in nature
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The initial gallery is slender and usually contorted, killing the uneaten tissues which turns brown. (this may be absent in exceptional cases where the egg is laid well away from veins) Later the mine follows a tortuous course, except when following a vein. The green frass (in fresh mines) is laid in arches and extends almost from edge to edge.
See also bladmineerders.be
Bionomics
The egg is deposited on the underside of a leaf.
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Flight periods
The adults fly in two generations during May and June and again in August.
Observed on
- Host plant (genera):
- Betula
The monophagous larva makes a leafmine on Betula.
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