Stigmella incognitella (Herrich-Schäffer, [1855]) Species
Last modified: Oct. 17, 2025, 8:30 p.m.
An uncommon species in Belgium.
Details
- Classification
- Family: Nepticulidae > Genus: Stigmella > Species: Stigmella incognitella
- Vernacular names
- Appelhoekmineermot (NL), Grey Apple Pigmy (EN)
- Synonyms
- Stigmella pomella (Vaughan, 1858)
- First mention in Belgium
- De Crombrugghe G. 1907b. Compte rendu des recherches entomologiques entreprises à Rochefort, pendant l’été de 1907. — Revue mensuelle de la Société entomologique namuroise 7: 42–46. On page 45 (as Nepticula pomella Vaughan). view page
- Status
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Native
Distribution
Imago
Museum specimens
Specimens in nature
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The larva is bright yellow to orange.
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Flight periods
The adults fly in two generations a year from late April to early June and again during August.
Observed on
- Host plant (species):
- Malus sylvestris
- Host plant (genera):
- Malus
The larva makes a leafmine on wild or cultivated varieties of Malus.
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