Stigmella pyri (Glitz, 1865) Species
Last modified: March 28, 2024, 12:27 p.m.
A rather rare species in Belgium.
Details
- Classification
- Family: Nepticulidae > Genus: Stigmella > Species: Stigmella pyri
- Vernacular names
- Perenbladmineermot (NL), Pear-tree Pigmy (EN)
- First mention in Belgium
- Dufrane A. 1957. Microlépidoptères de la faune belge, (huitième note). — Bulletin du Musée royal d'Histoire naturelle de Belgique 33(32): 1–16. On page 15 (as Stigmella pyri Glitz). view page
- Status
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Native
Distribution
Imago
Museum specimens
Specimens in nature
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The larva is blueish green.
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Mine
Cocoon/pupa
The pupa is reddish brown.
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Bionomics
The larva makes a mine, generally on the upper surface of the leaves of Pyrus communis. The mine is very compact, lying on a small surface, tends to cross over, especially the initial part of the corridor is contorted with a broad to sometimes very broad black frass line. The later part of the gallery ends sometimes in a secondary blotch. It pupates in a dark reddish brown cocoon.
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Flight periods
The adults fly in two generations a year: during May and June and again during August.
