Stigmella aceris (Frey, 1857)
scarce maple pigmy
Acer campestre, Wellerlooi
Acer campestre, Erlecom
detail
Acer platanoides, Belgium, Liège, Coteaux de la Citadelle © Jean-Yves Baugnée
Acer cappadocicum, Belgium, prov Namur, Nismes, parc communal © Stéphane Claerebout; det Erik van Nieukerken
mine, lighted from behind
mine
A narrow corridor. The coiled frass is greenish (blackish brown in old or dried mines). Generally the entire width of the corridor is filled up, making the mine rather unconspicuous. The sides of the corridor are not strait, rather irregularly outdented.
host plants
Sapindaceae, narrowly monophagous
Acer campestre, cappadocicum, platanoides, saccharum, tataricum & subp. ginnala.
Not on A. pseudoplatanus!
phenology
Occupied mines from late June till September.
BENELUX
BE recorded (van Nieukerken ao, 2006a; Kuchlein ao, 2006a).
NE recorded (van Nieukerken ao, 2006a; Kuchlein ao, 2006a).
LUX recorded (Ellis: Ahn, Flaxweiler).
distribution within Europe
Almost entire Europe (Fauna Europaea, 2008).
larva
Bright green; see Gustafsson & van Nieukerken (1990a) and Schoorl ao (1985a) for an extensive description.
synonyms
Nepticula aceris.
notes
Recently occurring in the southern and eastern part of the Netherlands and adjacent parts of Germany; also found lately in southern Belgium (van Nieukerken ao, 2006a; Kuchlein ao, 2006a). Also in the southern part of the UK the species has become quickly more abundant (Rob Edmunds, 2006 in litt.).
references
Ahr (1966a), Beiger (1979a), Bengtsson (2008a), Borkowski (1969a), Braggion (2013a), Buhr (1964a), Buszko & Baraniak (1989a), Černý (2001a), Csoka (2003a), Diškus & Stonis (2012a), Drăghia (1967a, 1970a, 1971a), Gustafsson (1985a), Gustafsson & van Nieukerken (1990a), Hering (1934b, 1957a, 1961a), Huber (1969a), Huisman, Koster, van Nieukerken & Ellis (2007a), Huisman ao (2009a), Johansson ao (1990a), Kasy (1983a, 1987a), Klimesch (1940a, 1950c, 1958c, 1978b), Klimesch & Skala (1936c), Kuchlein ao (2006a), Kurz & Kurz (2007a), Kvičala (1938a), Laštůvka & Laštůvka (1997a, 2011a, 2015a), Lhomme (1934b), Maček (1999a), Matošević, Pernek, Dubravac & Barić (2009a), Michalska (1976a), Michna (1975a), van Nieukerken (1986a), van Nieukerken, Zolotuhin & Mistchenko (2004a), Navickaitė, Diškus & Stonis (2011a, 2014a), van Nieukerken, Laštůvka & Laštůvka (2006a), Plóciennik, Pawlikiewicz & Jaworski (2011a), Popescu-Gorj & Drăghia (1966a), De Prins & Steeman (2011a), Schoorl ao (1985a), Sefrová (2005a), Skala (1939a, 1951a), Stammer (2016a), Starý (1930a), Steuer (1995a), Stolnicu (2008a), Stonis, Navickaitė, Rocienė ao (2013a), Szőcs (1977a, 1978a, 1981a), Tomov & Krusteva (2007a), Ureche (2010a), Zoerner (1969a).