Ectoedemia atricollis (Stainton, 1857) Species
Last modified: Nov. 7, 2024, 3:16 p.m.
A common species in Belgium, recorded from all provinces.
Details
- Classification
- Family: Nepticulidae > Genus: Ectoedemia > Species: Ectoedemia atricollis
- Vernacular names
- Zwartkopblaasmijnmot (NL), Pinch-barred Pigmy (EN)
- First mention in Belgium
- De Crombrugghe G. 1909. Observations microlépidoptérologiques faites en 1908. — Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique 53: 44–47. On page 47 (Nepticula atricollis Stainton). view page
- Status
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Native
Distribution
Imago
Museum specimens
Specimens in nature
No pictures yet!Egg
The egg is deposited on the underside af the leaf.
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Mine
Mines of Ectoedemia atricollis are variable. It starts as a contorted gallery when the egg is laid away from the leafmargin. When close to the margin the gallery follows the margin for a while in the meanwhile the gallery widens into a elongated large blotch, the black frass is dispersed.
See also bladmineerders.be
Cocoon/pupa
It pupates in a black cocoon spun on or just below the soil surface.
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Flight periods
The adults fly in one generation a year during June.
