Ectoedemia angulifasciella (Stainton, 1849) Species
Last modified: Oct. 27, 2023, 9:50 a.m.
A very rare and local species in Belgium.
Details
- Classification
- Family: Nepticulidae > Genus: Ectoedemia > Species: Ectoedemia angulifasciella
- Vernacular names
- Rozenblaasmijnmot (NL), Bent-barred Pigmy (EN)
- First mention in Belgium
- De Crombrugghe G. 1905. Note sur quelques Microlépidoptères de la faune belge. — Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique 49: 100–107. On page 107 (as Nepticula angulifasciella Stt.). 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, usually not far from the midrib.
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Mine
The mine starts as a very contorted gallery filled with redbrown coiled frass. Further on the gallery widens and sometimes becoming a large irregular blotch with black frass irregularly scattered in the mine.
See also bladmineerders.be
Cocoon/pupa
Pupates in a dark greenish brown cocoon spun in leaf litter.
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Flight periods
The adults fly in one generation a year, mainly in July.
Observed on
- Host plant (species):
- Filipendula vulgaris, Sanguisorba minor and Sanguisorba officinalis
- Host plant (genera):
- Rosa
The catterpillar mainly feeds on Rosa, but also on Filipendula and Sanguisorba.
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