Stigmella zelleriella (Snellen, 1875) Species
Last modified: Nov. 7, 2024, 5:56 p.m.
A very rare and local species in Belgium along the coast in WV.
Details
- Classification
- Family: Nepticulidae > Genus: Stigmella > Species: Stigmella zelleriella
- Vernacular names
- Rookkleurige mineermot (NL), Sandhill Pigmy (EN)
- Synonyms
- Stigmella repentiella (Wolff, 1955)
- First mention in Belgium
- Henderickx H. 1983a. Stigmella repentiella (Wolff, 1955), een nieuwe soort voor de Belgische fauna (Lepidoptera, Nepticulidae). — Phegea 11(2): 29–30. On page 29 (as Stigmella repentiella (Wolff, 1955)). view page
- Status
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Native
Distribution
Imago
Museum specimens
Specimens in nature
No pictures yet!Egg
The egg is laid on the underside of the leaf, close to the midrib, or on the leaf edge.
Caterpillar
The caterpillar is yellow to brown-yellow.
The caterpillars can be found from the end of June to mid-July. And then again from the end of September to the beginning of October.
Mine
The mine starts as a narrow corridor that is almost completely filled with black frass. This initial corridor usually runs against the leaf edge. Then a blotch is formed that can take up half a leaf. Usually in the slightly smaller leaves. In the blotch, the black frass is rather irregularly spread.
Abandoned mines turn black and are easier to find.
