Stigmella lemniscella (Zeller, 1839) Species
Last modified: Oct. 31, 2023, 1:13 p.m.
A not so common species in Belgium. Populations have declined because of the Dutch elm disease.
Details
- Classification
- Family: Nepticulidae > Genus: Stigmella > Species: Stigmella lemniscella
- Vernacular names
- Iepenbladrandmineermot (NL), Red Elm Pigmy (EN)
- Synonyms
- Stigmella marginicolella (Stainton, 1853)
- First mention in Belgium
- Fologne E. 1862a. Notes d'une excursion à Fondeleffe, près de Dinant. — Annales de la Société entomologique belge 6: 23–25. On page 25 (as N.[epticula] Marginicolella). view page
- Status
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Native
Distribution
Imago
Museum specimens
Specimens in nature
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Mine
The mine is a long sinuous gallery mostly following the leaf margin. The frass pattern is variable but regularly coiled.
See also bladmineerders.be
Cocoon/pupa
Pupation in a dark greenish grey cocoon among leaf litter.
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Bionomics
Egg is laid on either side a leaf.
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Flight periods
The adults fly in two generations a year: in May and August.
Observed on
- Host plant (species):
- Ulmus procera
- Host plant (genera):
- Ulmus
The yellowish larva makes a leafmine on Ulmus.
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