{"id":29592,"date":"2017-03-31T07:05:20","date_gmt":"2017-03-31T07:05:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bladmineerders.nl\/animalia\/arthropoda\/insecta\/lepidoptera\/nepticulidae\/stigmella\/stigmella-malella\/"},"modified":"2026-05-20T08:04:22","modified_gmt":"2026-05-20T06:04:22","slug":"stigmella-malella","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/bladmineerders.nl\/en\/parasites\/animalia\/arthropoda\/insecta\/lepidoptera\/monotrysia\/nepticuloidea\/nepticulidae\/stigmella\/stigmella-malella\/","title":{"rendered":"Stigmella malella"},"content":{"rendered":"

Stigmella malella<\/em> (Stainton, 1854)<\/h1>\n

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apple pigmy<\/h2>\n

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on Malus<\/em><\/h2>\n

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\"Stigmella
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Malus domestica<\/em>, Hungary, Mosonmagyar\u00f3v\u00e1r, 3.ix.2020 \u00a9 L\u00e1szl\u00f3 \u00c9rsek<\/p>\n

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\"Stigmella
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occupied mine<\/p>\n

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\"Stigmella
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mine lighted from behind<\/p>\n

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\"Stigmella
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the yellow larva<\/p>\n

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\n\"Stigmella
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Malus sylvestris<\/em>, Leiden, 28.vii.2011 \u00a9 Camiel Doorenweerd<\/p>\n

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\"Stigmella
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Malus domestica<\/em>, Luxemburg, Kautenbach, 11.ix.2002<\/p>\n

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mine<\/h3>\n

Egg at the underside of the leaf, near a vein. The mine is quite variable. It is a rather strongly tortuous corridor, sometime widening only a little, sometimes strongly, at times ending in a secondary blotch. Frass black or brown, in a narrow central line.<\/p>\n

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host plants<\/h3>\n

woody Rosaceae, oligophagous<\/p>\n

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Malus<\/a> astracanica, baccata, domestica, floribunda, fusca, ringo, sylvestris.<\/p>\n


\nReferences to Prunus<\/em> are very unlikely (van Nieukerken in litt., 2023)<\/p>\n


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phenology<\/h3>\n

Larvae in June – July and September – October (Emmet, 1983a).<\/p>\n

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BENELUX<\/h3>\n

BE recorded (Phegea, 2009).<\/p>\n

NE recorded (Kuchlein & de Vos, 1999a; Microlepidoptera.nl, 2009).<\/p>\n

LUX recorded (Fauna Europaea, 2009).<\/p>\n

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distribution within Europe<\/h3>\n

Probably all Europe (Fauna Europaea, 2009).<\/p>\n

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larva<\/h3>\n

Pale yellow. The larve is described by Briolini (1961a) and Gustafsson & van Nieukerken (1990a).<\/p\n\n
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synonyms<\/h3>\n

Nepticula angustella<\/em> Heinemann & Wocke, 1876.<\/p>\n


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notes<\/h3>\n

In the past mass occurrence on apple orchards have caused serious problems (Eveleens & Evenhuis, 1968a; Evenhuis, 1965a; van Frankenhuizen, 1965a; van Frankenhuyzen & Freriks, 1972a; Houtman, 1952a).<\/p>\n

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references<\/h3>\n

Anisimovas, Di\u0161kus & Stonis (2006a), Askew, Blasco-Zumeta & Pujade-Villar (2001a), Bengtsson (2008a), Borkowski (1969a), Briolini (1961a), Buhr (1935b, 1964a), Buszko & Baraniak (1989a), \u010cern\u00fd (2001a), Chowaniec & Larysz (2024a), Dis\u030ckus & Stonis (2012a), Dr\u0103ghia (1970a), Dr\u0103ghia & Her\u021bug (1985a), Emmet (1983a), Eveleens & Evenhuis (1968a), Evenhuis (1965a), van Frankenhuizen (1965a), van Frankenhuyzen & Freriks (1972a), van Frankenhuyzen & Houtman (1972a), van Frankenhuyzen Houtman & Kabos (1982a), Gustafsson (1985a), Gustafsson & van Nieukerken (1990a), Haase (1942a), Hartig (1939a), Hering (1957a), Houtman (1952a), Huber (1969a), Huemer (1985a, 1988a), Johansson ao (1990a), Klimesch (1936a, 1950c), Kuchlein & Donner (1993a), Kuchlein & de Vos (1999a), Kurz (2016a), Kurz & Kurz (2007a), La\u0161tuvka & La\u0161tuvka, 1997a), Ma\u010dek (1999a), Mato\u0161evi\u0107, Pernek, Dubravac & Bari\u0107 (2009a), Navickait\u0117, Di\u0161kus & Stonis (2014), van Nieukerken (1986a, 2006a), van Nieukerken, La\u0161tuvka & La\u0161tuvka (2004a, 2006a), Lepiforum<\/a> (2024), van Nieukerken, Zolotuhin & Mistchenko (2004a), Nowakowski (1954a), Parenti & Varalda (2000a), De Prins (1998a), Robbins (1991a), Sch\u00fctze (1931a), Sefrov\u00e1 (2005a), Skala (1939a, 1951a), Skorb, Di\u0161kus & Stonis (0000a), S\u00f8nderup (1949a), Stammer (2016a), Star\u00fd (1930a), Steuer (1995a), Sz\u0151cs (1977a, 1978a, 1981a), Yefremova & Kravchenko (2015a), Zaberga, Legzdina, Otfinowski & Obelevi\u010dius (2014a), Zoerner (1969a, 1970a).<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Stigmella malella (Stainton, 1854) apple pigmy on Malus Malus domestica, Hungary, Mosonmagyar\u00f3v\u00e1r, 3.ix.2020 \u00a9 L\u00e1szl\u00f3 \u00c9rsek occupied mine mine lighted from behind the yellow larva Malus sylvestris, Leiden, 28.vii.2011 \u00a9 Camiel Doorenweerd Malus domestica, Luxemburg, Kautenbach, 11.ix.2002 mine Egg at the underside of the leaf, near a vein. The mine is quite variable. It is […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":29534,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"parasite-species.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-29592","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","category-parasite"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bladmineerders.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/29592","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bladmineerders.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bladmineerders.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bladmineerders.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bladmineerders.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=29592"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/bladmineerders.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/29592\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bladmineerders.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/29534"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bladmineerders.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29592"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bladmineerders.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29592"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bladmineerders.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29592"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}