Stigmella regiella (Herrich-Schäffer, 1855) Species
Last modified: Nov. 7, 2024, 5:16 p.m.
A rare species throughout Belgium.
Details
- Classification
- Family: Nepticulidae > Genus: Stigmella > Species: Stigmella regiella
- Vernacular names
- Veelkleurige mineermot (NL), Purple-shot Pigmy (EN)
- First mention in Belgium
- De Crombrugghe G. 1913a. Note sur quelques Microlépidoptères de la faune belge non mentionnés dans le catalogue raisonné De Crombrugghe. — Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique 57: 101–107. On page 106 (as Nepticula regiella Herrich-Schäffer). 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 cocoon is reddish brown.
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Bionomics
The larva makes a leaf mine on the food plant. The mine starts in the leaf blade and the initial corridor is filled with red-brown frass, follows the leaf margin, and then expands abruptly into a blotch with the frass black colored. Pupates in a reddish brown cocoon, spun on the surface of the ground.
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Flight periods
The adults fly in one or perhaps two generations a year during late May and June.
Observed on
- Host plant (genera):
- Crataegus
The larva lives on Crataegus or Mespilus.
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