Stigmella mespilicola (Frey, 1856) Species
Last modified: Feb. 24, 2023, 12:31 p.m.
First observation for Belgium was in 2016 in NA. Status insufficiently known due to the difficulty of several Stigmella species mining on the same food plant, but a very rare species anyway.
Details
- Classification
- Family: Nepticulidae > Genus: Stigmella > Species: Stigmella mespilicola
- Vernacular names
- Elsbesmineermot (NL), Wild-service Pigmy (EN)
- First mention in Belgium
- Wullaert S. 2017b. Resultaten van de Werkgroep Bladmineerders uit 2016 met meldingen van minerende en andere zeldzame Lepidoptera in België en met 5 nieuwe soorten voor de Belgische fauna (Coleophoridae, Tortricidae, Gelechiidae en Nepticulidae). — Phegea 45(3): 79–96. On page 91. view page
- Status
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Native
Distribution
Mine
The mine is a short rapidly widening gallery with frass deposited in a broad interrupted central line.
See also bladmineerders.be
Flight periods
This species is bivoltine: mines can be found in July and again in September and October.
Observed on
- Host plant (species):
- Sorbus aria, Sorbus torminalis and Sorbus intermedia
- Host plant (genera):
- Cotoneaster and Amelanchier
The host plants for this species are: Sorbus aria, S. torminalis, Amelanchier and Cotoneaster.
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