Fomoria weaveri (Stainton, 1855) Species
Last modified: Nov. 7, 2024, 3:33 p.m.
A very rare species in Belgium, probably overlooked.
Details
- Classification
- Family: Nepticulidae > Genus: Fomoria > Species: Fomoria weaveri
- Vernacular names
- Vossenbesmineermot (NL), Cowberry Pigmy (EN)
- First mention in Belgium
- Janmoulle E. 1952c. Notes sur les Microlépidoptères de Belgique. IV. Quelques espèces nouvelles pour la faune belge ou peu connues. — Bulletin du Musée royal d'Histoire naturelle de Belgique 28(68): 1–8. On page 8 (as Nepticula weaveri H. T. Stainton). view page
- Status
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Native
Distribution
Imago
Museum specimens
Specimens in nature
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Egg deposited on the underside of the leaf.
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Mine
The mine starts as a long gallery allmost completely filled with black frass, abruptly it changes to a large round blotch with black frass concentrated in the middle of the mine.
See also bladmineerders.be
Cocoon/pupa
It pupates in a orange to pale yellow cocoon inside the mine.
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Flight periods
The adults fly in one extended generation a year from late April until August.
Observed on
- Host plant (species):
- Vaccinium vitis-idaea
The larve feeds on Vaccinium vitis-idaea.
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