Stigmella aceris (Frey, 1857)

scarce maple pigmy

Acer campestre, Wellerlooi

Acer campestre, Erlecom

detail

Stigmella aceris: vacated mine on Acer platanoides

Acer platanoides, Belgium, Liège, Coteaux de la Citadelle © Jean-Yves Baugnée

Stigmella aceris: vacated mine on Acer cappadocicum

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 inconspicuous. The sides of the corridor are not straight, 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), Fazekas & Schreurs (2012a), Gustafsson (1985a), Gustafsson & van Nieukerken (1990a), Hering (1934b, 1957a, 1961a), Huber (1969a), Huisman, Koster, van Nieukerken & Ellis (2007a, 2009a), Johansson ao (1990a), Kasy (1983a, 1987a), Klimesch (1940a, 1950c, 1958c, 1978b), Klimesch & Skala (1936c), Kuchlein ao (2006a), Kurz (2016a), 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 (2007a), 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).