Stigmella aeneofasciella (Herrich-Schäffer, 1855)
brassy pigmy
Agrimonia eupatoria, Zeeuws-Vlaanderen, Braakman
mine
Egg someplace at the underside of the leaf. The first part of the mine is a long, slender corridor, rather straight, often following a vein or the leaf margin. The frass here is black, lying in a very narrow central line. The corridor abruptly widens into a large blotch, where the the frass lies irregularly scattered.
host plants
Herbaceous Rosaceae, oligophagous
Agrimonia eupatoria; Argentina anserina; Fragaria vesca; Potentilla erecta, reptans.
phenology
Larvae in July and September – November (Emmet, 1983a).
BENELUX
BE recorded (Phegea, 2009).
NE recorded (Kuchlein & de Vos, 1999a; Microlepidoptera.nl, 2009).
LUX not recorded (Fauna Europaea, 2009).
distribution within Europe
Almost all Europe, except the Iberian and Balkan Peninsula and the Mediterranean Islands (Fauna Europaea, 2009).
larva
Pale greenish yellow. See Gustafsson & van Nieukerken (1990a) for an extensive description.
synonyms
Nepticula aeneofasciella.
parasitoids, predators
references
Ahr (1966a), Anisimovas, Diškus & Stonis (2006a), Beiger (1958a, 1960a, 1965a, 1970a, 1980a), Bengtsson (2008a), Černý (2001a), Diškus & Stonis (2012a), Emmet (1971a, 1983a), Gustafsson (1985a), Gustafsson & van Nieukerken (1990a), Hering (1957a), Huber (1969a), Huemer (1985a, 1988a), Huisman, Koster, van Nieukerken & Ulenberg (2004a), Johansson ao (1990a), Klimesch & Skala (1936c), Kuchlein & Donner (1993a), Kuchlein & de Vos (1999a), Kurz (2016a), A & Z Laštuvka (1997a), Maček (1999a), Michalska (1970a), van Nieukerken (1982a, 1986a, 2006a), van Nieukerken, A & Z Laštuvka (2006a), van Nieukerken, Mutanen & Doorenweerd (2012a), van Nieukerken, Zolotuhin & Mistchenko (2004a), De Prins (1998a), Robbins (1991a), Skala (1939a), Skala & Zavřel (1945a), Sønderup (1949a), Steuer (1995a), Szőcs (1977a).