Ectoedemia heringi (Toll, 1934) Species
Last modified: Feb. 16, 2024, 2:32 p.m.
A rare species in Belgium.
Details
- Classification
- Family: Nepticulidae > Genus: Ectoedemia > Species: Ectoedemia heringi
- Vernacular names
- Oostelijke eikenblaasmijnmot (NL), White-spot Pigmy (EN), Herings Zwergminierfalter (DE)
- First mention in Belgium
- De Prins W. 1998. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera of Belgium. — Studiedocumenten Koninklijk Belgisch Instituut voor Natuurwetenschappen 92: 1–236. On page 21.
- Status
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Native
Distribution
Imago
Museum specimens
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Mine
The mine starts as a smal gallery following a vein. Suddenly it changes into a blotch or irregular wide gallery in which the black frass is packed up in the transition from gallery to blotch. The mine is situated usually between midrib and lateral vein.
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Cocoon/pupa
The cocoon is pale to reddish brown.
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Bionomics
Egg on the upper side close to a vein.
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Flight periods
The adults fly in one generations a year during June and July.
Observed on
- Host plant (species):
- Quercus petraea, Quercus robur, Quercus rubra, Quercus pubescens and Castanea sativa
- Host plant (genera):
- Quercus
The larva mines in a leaf of Quercus and rarely also on Castanea sativa.
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