Stigmella lemniscella (Zeller, 1839)
red elm pigmy
Ulmus spec., Amsterdam, 24.vi.2018 © Cor Zonneveld; vacated mijn; the upper-surface exit slit is clearly visible.

Ulmus minor, Duin en Kruidberg

other mine, detail

Ulmus, Nieuwendam; first section of the corridor entirely filled with frass

Ulmus minor, Serooskerke, Schouwen Duiveland;larva in the mine

Ulmus, Belgium, prov. Liège, Huy, Vallée de la Solière © Stéphane Claerebout: cocoon
mine
Oviposition at upper or lower surface. Rather slender corridor mine, hardly widened in the end. The corridor often follows the leaf margin for some distance. The first section of the corridor is almost entirely filled with frass. Frass in the later part of the mine in more or less clear coils. Pupation external; exit slit invariably in upper epidermis.
host plants
Ulmaceae, monophagous
Ulmus glabra, laevis, minor, pumila.
phenology
Larvae in July and September-October (Emmet, 1983a).
BENELUX
BE recorded (Phegea, 2009).
NE recorded (Kuchlein & Donner, 1999a; Microlepidoptera.nl, 2009).
LUX not recorded (Fauna Europaea, 2009).
distribution within Europe
Entire Europe, with possible exception of the Iberian Peninsula (Fauna Europaea, 2009).
larva
synonyms
Nepticula, Stigmella, marginecolella Stainton, 1853; N. fulvomacula Skala, 1936; N. lemniscella.
parasitoids, predators
notes
In some populations mines do occur that are unusually compact. Such mines strongly resemble those of Stigmella viscerella, but the first part of the corridor forms a spiral, does not lie in “intestine-like” loops.

Ulmus minor, Serooskerke Schouwen-Duiveland, de Schelphoek
references
Anisimovas, Diškus & Stonis (2006a), Beiger (1979a), Bengtsson (2008a), Borkowski (1969a), Braggion (2013a), Buhr (1937a, 1964a), Buszko & Baraniak (1989a), Buszko & Beshkov (2004a), J Černý (2001a), Csóka (2003a), Diškus & Stonis (2012a), Emmet (1971a, 1983a), van Frankenhuyzen & Houtman (1972a), van Frankenhuyzen Houtman & Kabos (1982a), Gustafsson (1985a), Gustafsson & van Nieukerken (1990a), Haase (1942a), Hartig (1939a), Hering (1930e, 1932g, 1957a), Huber (1969a), Johansson ao (1990a), Klimesch (1936a, 1950c), Kollár & Hrubík (2009a), Kuchlein & Donner (1993a), Kuchlein & de Vos (1999a), Kurz (2016a), Kvičala (1938a), Laštuvka & Laštuvka (1997a), Maček (1999a), Matošević, Pernek, Dubravac & Barić (2009a), Michna (1975a), Navickaitė, Diškus & Stonis (2014), van Nieukerken (1986a, 2006a), van Nieukerken, A & Z Laštuvka (2004a), Lhomme (1934d), van Nieukerken, Zolotuhin & Mistchenko (2004a), Nowakowski (1954a), Popescu-Gorj & Drăghia (1966a), De Prins (2007a), Richens (1963a), Robbins (1991a), Schütze (1931a), Sefrová (2005a), Skala (1939a, 1941a, 1951a), Skala & Zavřel (1945a), Sønderup (1949a), Stammer (2016a), Starý (1930a), Steuer (1995a), Stolnicu (2008a), Szőcs (1977a, 1978a, 1981a), Tomov Krusteva (2007a), Yefremova & Kravchenko (2015a), Zoerner (1969a).