Seq # 115020130

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

Native


Distribution


Imago

Museum specimens


Specimens in nature

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Mine

The initial gallery is narrow and highly contorted, final part strongly widened, sometimes forming a elongated blotch.

See also bladmineerders.be


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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