Ectoedemia albifasciella (von Heinemann, 1871) Species
Last modified: Oct. 27, 2023, 9:41 a.m.
A common species in Belgium, recorded from all provinces.
Details
- Classification
- Family: Nepticulidae > Genus: Ectoedemia > Species: Ectoedemia albifasciella
- Vernacular names
- Gewone eikenblaasmijnmot (NL), White-banded Pigmy (EN)
- First mention in Belgium
- Dufrane A. 1943. Microlépidoptères de la faune belge, (3e note). — Bulletin du Musée royal d'Histoire naturelle de Belgique 19(31): 1–8. On page 8.
- Status
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Native
Distribution
Imago
Museum specimens
Specimens in nature
No pictures yet!Egg
The egg is laid on the upperside of Quercus near a vein.
Mine
The larva makes a slender gallery with linear or broken frass leaving clear margins, following the midrib or a vein (usually outwards towards the leaf margin), turns back and becoming abruptly a rectangular blotch with the frass usually gathered along the side of the blotch resting on the rib or in the corner where the larva has turned back. Often several mines on the same leaf.
See also bladmineerders.be
Cocoon/pupa
Pupates outside the mine.
Flight periods
The adults fly in one generation a year during June.
Observed on
- Host plant (species):
- Castanea sativa
- Host plant (genera):
- Quercus
The larvae feeds mainly on Quercus but sometimes they also can be found on Castanea sativa.
