Stigmella plagicolella (Stainton, 1854) Species
Last modified: Oct. 19, 2023, 3:38 p.m.
A common species throughout Belgium where the food plants occurs.
Details
- Classification
- Family: Nepticulidae > Genus: Stigmella > Species: Stigmella plagicolella
- Vernacular names
- Pruimenballonmot (NL), Scrubland 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 plagicolella. Staint.). view page
- Status
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Native
Distribution
Imago
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Specimens in nature
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Bionomics
The larva makes a narrow gallery which ends abruptly in a roundish blotch with frass in centre on the underside of leafs on the food plant.
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Flight periods
The adults fly in two generations a year: May-June, and July-August.
Observed on
- Host plant (species):
- Prunus spinosa
- Host plant (genera):
- Prunus
The larva lives on: Prunus domestica, P. spinosa and occasionally on P. avium and P. cerasifera.
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