Ectoedemia occultella (Linnaeus, 1767) Species
Last modified: Oct. 27, 2023, 10:40 a.m.
A fairly common species throughout Belgium.
Details
- Classification
- Family: Nepticulidae > Genus: Ectoedemia > Species: Ectoedemia occultella
- Vernacular names
- Ronde berkenblaasmijnmot (NL), Large Birch Pigmy (EN)
- Synonyms
- Ectoedemia argentipedella (Zeller, 1839) and Ectoedemia flexuosella (Fologne, 1859)
- First mention in Belgium
- Fologne E. 1859b. Supplément au catalogue des lépidoptères de Belgique. — Annales de la Société entomologique belge 3: 133–142. On page 140 (as Nepticula flexuosella. Fologne.). view page
- Status
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Native
Distribution
Imago
Museum specimens
Specimens in nature
No pictures yet!Egg
The egg is usually on the underside of the leaf, occasionally on the upperside.
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Mine
The mine starts as a circular reddish black spot without a preliminary gallery and with a very dark centre . Eventually the mine becomes a large circular blotch with little dispersed black frass outside the dark spot. Often there are several mines in a leaf.
See also bladmineerders.be
Cocoon/pupa
Pupates in a dark blackish green cocoon spun on the surface of the ground.
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Flight periods
The adults fly in one generation a year during June and July.
