Stigmella minusculella (Herrich-Schäffer, 1855) Species
Last modified: Feb. 24, 2023, 5:36 p.m.
An uncommon species in Belgium.
Details
- Classification
- Family: Nepticulidae > Genus: Stigmella > Species: Stigmella minusculella
- Vernacular names
- Minuscule perenmineermot (NL), Brown-tipped Pigmy (EN)
- First mention in Belgium
- De Fré Ch. 1858. Catalogue des Microlépidoptères de la Belgique. — Annales de la Société entomologique belge 2: 45–162. On page 142. view page
- Status
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Native
Distribution
Caterpillar
The larva is bright green.
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Mine
Bionomics
The larva lives on Pyrus and makes a slender, relatively straight gallery with a very narrow linear black frass line, later the mine becomes broader with frass linear, dispersed or coiled, but always less than a third of the width of the gallery.
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Flight periods
The adults fly in two generations a year: onwards from late April towards late May and again during August.
