Digitivalva arnicella
Seq # 205130015
Digitivalva reticulella

Digitivalva perlepidella (Stainton, 1849) Species

Last modified: June 5, 2026, 5:35 p.m.

New to Belgium in 2022 in OV.

Details

Classification
Family: Glyphipterigidae > Subfamily: Acrolepiinae > Genus: Digitivalva > Subgenus: Digitivalva > Species: Digitivalva perlepidella
Vernacular names
Donderkruidmineermot (NL)
Status

Native

Distribution

Imago

Wingspan c. 11 mm. An attractive and colorful day-flying species with orange-brown, purplish, and white markings.

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Specimens in nature

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Caterpillar

Buff to greenish colored.

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Mine

The larva primarily mines in the lower leaves of the host plant, creating a corridor along the stem that extends towards the tip, which widens into a blotch mine, making the leaf appear transparent. Often, two larvae are present in a mine.

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Bionomics

The larva mines the leaf and feeds mainly at night. When disturbed or resting, the larva retracts into the leaf base where it is safe and not visible. Pupation in a pupal chamber in a separate mine.
The adults are active during the day. The species is not well attracted to light.

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Flight periods

The species fly between April and August in usually two generations a year.
If the circumstances are favorable, a partial generation occurs in autumn, or there is one long, prolonged generation.

Observed on

Host plant (species):
Inula conyza

The larva lives in Inula conyzae.

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Contact
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Flemish Entomological Society

jurate.deprins@gmail.com
    Species presence
  • 1829 West-Vlaanderen
  • 1814 Oost-Vlaanderen
  • 1984 Antwerpen
  • 1942 Limburg
  • 1502 Vlaams Brabant
  • 1888 Brabant
  • 1085 Brabant Wallon
  • 1724 Hainaut
  • 2236 Namur
  • 2153 Liège
  • 2241 Luxembourg