Ectoedemia angulifasciella (Stainton, 1849)
bent-barred pigmy
on Rosa
Rosa canina, Belgium, Prov. Namur, Couvin, Petigny, Barrage du Ry de Rome © Stéphane Claerebout
occupied mine

Rosa sp., Losser

Rosa sp., Brummen
mine
Oviposition at the underside of the leaf, usually not far from the midrib. The mine is a corridor; its first part is strongly contorted, intestine-like, containing brown, coiled, frass. The last part may follow the leaf margin for some distance. In the end the corridor widens into an elongate blotch with dispersed frass. The larva mines venter upwards. Pupation external.
hostplants
Rosaceae, oligophagous
Filipendula vulgaris; Rosa canina, pendulina, sempervirens; Sanguisorba minor, officinalis.
Rosa is the most important hostplant.
phenology
Univoltine; larvae from early-August to early-November (Johansson ao, 1990a).
BENELUX
BE recorded (Phegea, 2009).
NE recorded (Kuchlein & de Vos, 1999a; Microlepidoptera.nl, 2009).
LUX recorded (Ellis: Kautenbach).
distribution within Europe
Almost all non-Russian Europe, except the Mediterranean Islands (Fauna Europaea, 2009).
larva
synonyms
Nepticula, Stigmella angulifasciella; N. schleichiella Frey, 1870; N. utensis Weber, 1936.
references
Baldizzone (2004a), Bengtsson (2008a), Borkowski (1969a), Buhr (1936a), Buszko & Baraniak (1989a), Buszko & Beshkov (2004a), J Černý (2001a), Emmet (1971a, 1983a), Grandi (1931a, 1933a), Gustafsson (1985a), Gustafsson & van Nieukerken (1990a), Haase (1942a), Hartig (1939a), Hering (1957a), Huber (1969a), Huemer (1985a, 1988a), Johansson ao (1990a), Kasy (1983a, 1987a), Klimesch (1948a, 1950c, 1958c), Kuchlein & Donner (1993a), Kuchlein & de Vos (1999a), Kurz (2016a), Kurz & Kurz (2007a), A & Z Laštuvka (1997a, 2008a), van Nieukerken (1985a, 1986a, 2006a), van Nieukerken, A & Z Laštuvka (2004a, 2006a, 2010a), Nowakowski (1954a), De Prins (1998a), De Prins & Steeman (2011a), Robbins (1991a), Skala (1939a, 1951a), Skala & Zavřel (1945a), Sønderup (1949a), Steuer (1995a), Szőcs (1977a, 1981a), Tuinstra (2021a,b), Walczak (2011a), Zoerner (1969a).