Stigmella perpygmaeella (Doubleday, 1859) Species
Last modified: March 29, 2024, 4:18 p.m.
A fairly common species in Belgium.
Details
- Classification
- Family: Nepticulidae > Genus: Stigmella > Species: Stigmella perpygmaeella
- Vernacular names
- Meidoornhoekmineermot (NL), Least Thorn Pigmy (EN)
- Synonyms
- Stigmella pygmaeella (Haworth, 1828), nec (Denis & Schiff., 1775)
- 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 152 (as N.[epticula] Pygmaeella. Haw.). view page
- Status
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Native
Distribution
Imago
Museum specimens
Specimens in nature
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The larva is yellow.
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Mine
Cocoon/pupa
The pupa is dull pink.
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Bionomics
The larva makes a leafmine in leaves of the host plant, usually on the upperside beside the midrib. Pupates in a dull pink cocoon.
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Flight periods
The adults fly in two generations a year: during May and August.
