Stigmella floslactella (Haworth, 1828) Species
Last modified: March 28, 2024, 12:05 p.m.
A fairly common species in Belgium.
Details
- Classification
- Family: Nepticulidae > Genus: Stigmella > Species: Stigmella floslactella
- Vernacular names
- Hazelaarmineermot (NL), Coarse Hazel Pigmy (EN)
- First mention in Belgium
- Fologne E. 1859b. Supplément au catalogue des lépidoptères de Belgique. — Annales de la Société entomologique belge 3: 133–142. On page 138 (as Nepticula floslactella. Haw.). view page
- Status
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Native
Distribution
Imago
Museum specimens
Specimens in nature
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The course of the mine is sinuous and rarely following a vein. In the beginning the mine is allmost completely filled with black frass. Later on in the gallery the frass is more irregular but allways in a thick central line.
See also bladmineerders.be
Bionomics
The egg is deposited at the underside in one of the angles of a rib.
The larva makes a leafmine on the food plant.
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Flight periods
The adults fly in two generations a year: in late April-May and July-August.
Observed on
- Host plant (species):
- Corylus avellana and Carpinus betulus
The larva lives on Corylus avellana and rarely also on Carpinus betulus.
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