Stigmella microtheriella (Stainton, 1854) Species
Last modified: Nov. 7, 2024, 4:43 p.m.
A common species in Belgium.
Details
- Classification
- Family: Nepticulidae > Genus: Stigmella > Species: Stigmella microtheriella
- Vernacular names
- Slanke mineermot, Maagdelijke mineermot (NL), Nut-tree 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 138 (as Nepticula microtheriella. Staint.). view page
- Status
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Native
Distribution
Imago
Museum specimens
Specimens in nature
No pictures yet!Mine
The mine differs a little bit on both food plants; in Carpinus the mine has a strong tendency to follow the veins, frass is a little bit diffuser and in generall it's shorter and a little bit wider. In Corylus the mine hasn't a strong tendency to follow the veins, it's longer and frass is narrow linear.
Bionomics
It pupates in a cocoon spun on detritus.
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Flight periods
The adults fly in two generations a year in late April-May and July-August.
Observed on
- Host plant (species):
- Corylus avellana and Carpinus betulus
The larva makes a leafmine on Carpinus betulus and Corylus avellana.
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