Stigmella tityrella (Stainton, 1854) Species
Last modified: Oct. 24, 2023, 9:56 a.m.
A common species throughout Belgium.
Details
- Classification
- Family: Nepticulidae > Genus: Stigmella > Species: Stigmella tityrella
- Vernacular names
- Beukenmineermot, Zigzagbeukenmineermot (NL), Small Beech Pigmy (EN), Kleine Buchen Zwergmotte (DE)
- Synonyms
- Stigmella turicella (Herrich-Schäffer, 1855) and Stigmella turicensis (Frey, 1856)
- 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 turicensis. Frey). view page
- Status
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Native
Distribution
Imago
Museum specimens
Specimens in nature
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Cocoon/pupa
A yellowish white cocoon.
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Bionomics
The larva makes a leaf mine starting close to the midrib of a leaf of Fagus sylvatica. The initial gallery leading away from the midrib and progresses in a series of "S" turns between the veins. Pupation in a pale yellowish white cocoon.
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Flight periods
The adults fly in two generations: from late April to early June and again from July to August.
Observed on
- Host plant (species):
- Fagus sylvatica
The monophagous larva makes a leaf mine in a leaf of Fagus sylvatica.
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