Seq # 115100180

Stigmella glutinosae (Stainton, 1858) Species

Last modified: Oct. 8, 2023, 11:49 a.m.


An uncommon species in Belgium.


Details

Classification
Family: Nepticulidae > Genus: Stigmella > Species: Stigmella glutinosae
Vernacular names
Witkraagelzenmineermot (NL), White-Barred Alder Pigmy (EN)
Synonyms
Stigmella distinguenda (von Heinemann, 1862) and Stigmella rubescens (von Heinemann, 1871)
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 Stigmella Glutinosae. Stt.). view page
Status

Native


Distribution


Imago

Museum specimens


Specimens in nature

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Caterpillar

Dark yellow with green intestinal contents, has a brown head and a small gray spot on the prothorax, mines venter-upwards.

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Mine

It's a long irregular gallery with the frass at first in a thin central line, later it becomes broader and very variable in pattern, often several mines in one leaf. Pupates in a dark reddish brown cocoon.

See also bladmineerders.be


Flight periods

The adults fly in two generations a year: during May and again in August.


Observed on

Host plant (species):
Alnus glutinosa

The monophagous larva makes a leafmine on Alnus glutinosa.

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