Stigmella basiguttella (von Heinemann, 1862)
base-spotted pigmy

Quercus robur, Duin en Kruidberg

Quercus robur, Pietersberg, frass pattern
mine
Oviposition close to or upon a thick vein, always at the upper side. The mine is a long, slowly widening, slender corridor, with a characteristic sinuous course. Frass completely filling the corridor, in clear arcs, green when fresh, brown later. Fresh mines are almost concolorous with the leaf, and not very apparent.
host plants
Fagaceae, oligophagous
Castanea sativa; Quercus castaneifolia, cerris, frainetto, ithaburensis subsp. macrolepis, petraea, pubescens, pyrenaica, robur, rubra.
phenology
Larvae in June-July and September-October (Emmet, 1983a).
BENELUX
BE recorded (De Prins, 1998a; van Nieukerken, 2006b).
NE recorded (Kuchlein & de Vos, 1999a; Microlepidoptera.nl, 2008).
LUX recorded (Ellis: Kautenbach).
distribution within Europe
Entire Europe, except Ireland (Fauna Europaea, 2008).
larva
Green (Johansson ao, 1990a).
synonyms
Stigmella cerricolella Klimesch, 1946.
references
Aarvik, Bakke, Berg ao (1997a), Beiger (1980a), Bengtsson (2008a), Bland (1986a), Borkowski (1969a, 1972b), Buhr (1936a, 1964a), Buszko & Baraniak (1989a), J Černý (2001a), Diškus & Stonis (2012a), Emmet (1971a, 1983a), Gustafsson (1985a), Gustafsson & van Nieukerken (1990a), Haase (1942a), Hering (1932g, 1934a, 1957a), Huber (1969a), Johansson (1971a), Johansson ao, 1990a), Kasy (1987a), Klimesch (1946b, 1950c, 1978b), Kuchlein & Donner (1993a), Kuchlein & de Vos (1999a), A & Z Laštuvka (1997a, 2005a, 2014a), Maček (1999a), Michalska (1972a, 1976a), Michna (1975a), Navickaitė, Diškus & Stonis (2014), van Nieukerken (1986a, 2006a), van Nieukerken & Johansson (2003a), van Nieukerken, A & Z Laštuvka (2006a), Z & A Laštůvka (2009b), van Nieukerken, Zolotuhin & Mistchenko (2004a), Nowakowski (1954a), Plóciennik, Pawlikiewicz & Jaworski (2011a), De Prins (1998a), Robbins (1991a), Schütze (1931a), Sefrová (2005a), Skala (1939a), Skala & Zavřel (1945a), Sønderup (1949a), Stammer (2016a), Steuer (1995a), Stonis, Navickaitė, Rocienė ao (2013a), Szőcs (1968a, 1977a, 1981a), Tomov & Dimitrov (2007a), Ureche (2010a), van Wielink (2020a), Wieser (2008a), Zoerner (1969a).