Stigmella myrtillella (Stainton, 1857)
bilberry pigmy

Vaccinium myrtillus, Belgium, prov. Liège, Angleur, Streupas © Jean-Yves Baugnée
Vaccinium myrtillus, Rhenen

Vaccinium myrtillus, Belgium, prov. Limburg, Bokrijk © Carina Van Steenwinkel

Vaccinium uliginosum, Vragenderveen
mine
Ovipostion at the leaf underside, usually near the midrib. Mine a contorted gallery, often a secondary blotch. Leaf around the mine often turns purple. Frass in a thick central line. Pupation external.
host plants
Ericaceae, monophagous
Vaccinium myrtillus, uliginosum.
Very rarely also on V. vitis-idaea (Skala, 1939a).
phenology
Larvae in July and September – October (Emmet, 1983a). Bivoltine; hibernation as pupa.
BENELUX
BE recorded (Phegea, 2009).
NE recorded (Huisman ea, 2001a; Microlepidoptera.nl, 2009).
LUX not recorded (Fauna Europaea, 2009).
distribution within Europe
From Fennoscandia and northern Russia to the Pyrenees, Italy, and Bulgaria, and from Ireland to the Ukraine (Fauna Europaea, 2009).
larva
Yellow, head light brown (Johansson ao, 1990a); Gustafsson & van Nieukerken (1990a) give a detailed description.
synonyms
Nepticula myrtillella.
references
Anisimovas, Diškus & Stonis (2006a), Beiger (1958a), Bengtsson (2008a), Borkowski (1969a), Buhr (1937a, 1964a), J Černý (2001a), Diškus & Stonis (2012a), Dziurzynski (1957a, 1958a), Emmet (1971a, 1983a), van Frankenhuyzen & Houtman (1972a), van Frankenhuyzen Houtman & Kabos (1982a), Gustafsson (1985a), Gustafsson & van Nieukerken (1990a), Haase (1942a), Hartig (1939a), Hering (1957a), Huber (1969a), Huemer (2012a), Huisman, Koster, van Nieukerken & Ulenberg (2001a), Johansson ao (1990a), Klimesch (1950c, 1958c, 1989a), Kuchlein & Donner (1993a), Kuchlein & de Vos (1999a), Kurz (2016a), Laštuvka & Laštuvka (1997a), Maček (1999a), Michalska (1970a, 1972a, 1976a), Michna (1975a), Navickaitė, Diškus & Stonis (2011a), van Nieukerken (1986a, 2006a), van Nieukerken, A & Z Laštuvka (2006a), van Nieukerken, Mutanen & Doorenweerd (2012a), Robbins (1991a), Schmid (2019a), Skala (1939a), Skala & Zavřel (1945a), Sønderup (1949a), Steuer (1995a), Szőcs (1977a).