Stigmella malella (Stainton, 1854) Species
Last modified: Oct. 9, 2023, 8:48 a.m.
A fairly common species in Belgium. Sometimes becoming a pest in orchards.
Details
- Classification
- Family: Nepticulidae > Genus: Stigmella > Species: Stigmella malella
- Vernacular names
- Appelbladmineermot (NL), Apple 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 139 (as Nepticula Malella. Staint.). view page
- Status
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Native
Distribution
Imago
Museum specimens
Specimens in nature
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Egg is laid on the underside of the leaf, close to a vein.
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Caterpillar
The larva is yellowish.
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Mine
The mine starts as a narrow winding gallery which sometimes widens conspicuously towards a secondary blotch.
See also bladmineerders.be
Cocoon/pupa
Pupation in a yellowish brown cocoon among leaf litter.
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Bionomics
Egg is laid on the underside of the leaf, close to a vein.
The larva makes a variable leafmine on the food plant.
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Flight periods
The adults fly in two generations a year: in May and August.
Observed on
- Host plant (genera):
- Malus
The larva lives on Malus sylvestris and rarely on Prunus.
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