Ectoedemia rubivora (Wocke, 1860) Species
Last modified: Oct. 31, 2023, 1:02 p.m.
A common species in Belgium, favouring damp and shady locations.
Details
- Classification
- Family: Nepticulidae > Genus: Ectoedemia > Species: Ectoedemia rubivora
- Vernacular names
- Bramenblaasmijnmot (NL), Dewberry Pigmy (EN), Seltener Brombeer-Zwergminierfalter (DE)
- First mention in Belgium
- Fologne E. 1862c. Notes sur quelques lépidoptères observés en Belgique. — Annales de la Société entomologique belge 6: 170–176. On page 175 (as Nepticula Rubivora. WK.). view page
- Status
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Native
Distribution
Imago
Museum specimens
Specimens in nature
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The initial gallery is narrow and highly contorted, final part strongly widened, sometimes forming a elongated blotch.
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Cocoon/pupa
Pupates in a blackish brown cocoon spun on or under the surface of the ground.
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Bionomics
Egg allways on the underside of the leaf.
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Flight periods
The adults fly in one generation a year during late June and July.
Observed on
- Host plant (species):
- Rubus caesius and Rubus fruticosus
- Host plant (genera):
- Rubus
The mine is found on Rubus caesius or R. fruticosus.
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