Stigmella crataegella (Klimesch, 1936)
common thorn pigmy
Crataegus monogyna, Ommen, het Laer
another mine
Stigmella crataegella
mine
Egg at the underside of the leaf, often close to a vein; occasionally on the petiole. The mine is a corridor. In its first part the frass lies in a central line, later is is clearly coiled. The corridor makes some sharp hairpin turns, while the loops remain so close together that usually a secondary blotch is the result. The mine can cross lateral veins.
host plants
Rosaceae, monophagous
Crataegus laciniata, laevigata, monogyna, pentagyna, rivularis, spathulata; Crataemespilus grandiflora.
phenology
Larvae in June – July.
BENELUX
BE observed (van Nieukerken, 2006a).
NE recorded (Kuchlein & de Vos, 1999a; Microlepidoptera.nl, 2009).
LUX not recorded (Fauna Europaea, 2009).
distribution within Europe
From Fennoscandia to the Iberian Peninsula, Italy, and Macedonia, and from Ireland to Poland and Romania (Fauna Europaea, 2009).
larva
Bright green, head almost colourless. Described by Gustafsson & van Nieukerken (1990a).
synonyms
Nepticula crataegella.
notes
When the mine is not so densely wound, confusion may arise with Stigmella oxyacanthella, but that is an autumn species.
references
Bengtsson (2008a), Buhr (1935b), Buszko (1987a), Buszko & Baraniak (1989a), Černý (2001a), Deutsch (2012a), Diškus & Stonis (2012a), Emmet (1971a, 1983a), Gielis, Huisman, Kuchlein, van Nieukerken, van der Wolf & Wolschrijn (1985a), Gustafsson (1985a), Gustafsson & van Nieukerken (1990a), Haase (1942a), Hartig (1939a), Hering (1921a, 1932g, 1957a), Huemer (1985a, 1988a), Huisman, Koster, van Nieukerken & Ellis (2009a), Johansson ao (1990a), Kasy (1983a, 1987a), Klimesch (1936a, 1940a, 1948a, 1950c), Kollár & Hrubík (2009a), Kuchlein & Donner (1993a), Kuchlein & de Vos (1999a), Kurz (2016a), A & Z Laštuvka (1997a), Lhomme (1934c), Maček (1999a), Matošević, Pernek, Dubravac & Barić (2009a), Navickaitė, Diškus & Stonis (2014), van Nieukerken (1982a, 1986a, 2006a, 2021a), van Nieukerken, A & Z Laštuvka (2004a, 2006a), Nowakowski (1954a), Robbins (1991a), Schoorl ao (1985a), Schütze (1931a), Sefrová (2005a), Skala (1939a, 1941a), Skala & Zavřel (1945a), Sønderup (1949a), Steuer (1995a), Szőcs (1968a, 1977a, 1978a, 1981a).