Fomoria septembrella (Stainton, 1849) Species
Last modified: Jan. 17, 2024, 2:23 p.m.
A rather common species in Belgium.
Details
- Classification
- Family: Nepticulidae > Genus: Fomoria > Species: Fomoria septembrella
- Vernacular names
- Hertshoormineermot (NL), Hypericum Pigmy (EN)
- 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 139 (as Nepticula septembrella. Staint.). view page
- Status
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Native
Distribution
Imago
Museum specimens
Specimens in nature
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Egg
The egg is deposited on the underside of the leaf.
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Mine
The larva makes a long and slender gallery with linear frass which leads abruptly into an irregular blotch in which the frass is scattered in the centre.
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Cocoon/pupa
The caterpillar pupates in a pale ochreous cocoon and is spun inside the mine.
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Flight periods
The adults fly in two generations: from May to June and again in August.
Observed on
- Host plant (species):
- Hypericum perforatum
- Host plant (genera):
- Hypericum
Mines are found on different species of Hypericum.
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