Seq # 115100370

Stigmella regiella (Herrich-Schäffer, 1855) Species

Last modified: Oct. 19, 2023, 3:50 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

Native


Distribution


Imago

Museum specimens


Specimens in nature

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Caterpillar

The larva is yellow.

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Cocoon/pupa

The cocoon is reddish brown.

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Bionomics

The larva makes a leafmine on the food plant. The mine starts in the leaf blade and the initial corridor filled with red-brown frass, follows the leaf margin and then expanding abruptly into a blotch with the frass black coloured. 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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