Stigmella prunetorum (Stainton, 1855)
scarce sloe pigmy
on Prunus
Prunus cerasifera, Hungary, Budapest, 10.x.2017 © László Érsek
other image
yet another
lighted from behind
Prunus spinosa, Belgium, prov. Liège, Fallais © Jean-Yves Baugnée
another specimen
old mines can become detached from the leaf
Prunus spinosa, Belgium, prov. Luxembourg, Resteigne © Jean-Yves Baugnée
Prunus spinosa, Hulshorst, de Bloemkampen; mine, lighted from behind
mine
Egg at the underside of the leaf, often close to a vein. The mine is a corridor, running in several half or whole circles around the oviposition site. Only the last segment breaks loose, and often runs along the leaf margin. The frass is greenish, lying in coils that are so wide as to almost completely fill the corridor.
host plants
Rosaceae, monophagous (?)
Prunus armeniaca, avium, brigantina, cerasifera, cerasus, cocomilia, domestica & subsp.insititia, fruticosa, spinosa, triloba.
Prunus domestica are spinosa the main hostplants. In the older literature also Crataegus and even Mespilus are mentioned. This is surprising, because the mines are so unmistakable.
phenology
Larvae in July and September – October (Emmet, 1983a).
BENELUX
BE recorded (Phegea, 2009).
NE recorded (Kuchlein & de Vos, 1999a; Microlepidoptera.nl, 2009).
LUX recorded (Fauna Europaea, 2009).
distribution within Europe
Probably most of Europe, except Ireland, the Iberian Peninsula, and the Mediterranean Islands (Fauna Europaea, 2009).
larva
Bottle green. The larva is described by Gustafsson & van Nieukerken (1990a).
synonyms
Nepticula prunetorum; Stigmella ligustrella (Rossler, 1866).
references
Beiger (1979a), Bengtsson (2008a), Borkowski (1969a), Buhr (1936a, 1964a), Buszko & Baraniak (1989a), Buszko & Beshkov (2004a), J Černý (2001a), Csóka (2003a), Diškus & Stonis (2012a), Drăghia (1968a, 1971a, 1972a), Emmet (1983a), van Frankenhuyzen & Houtman (1972a), van Frankenhuyzen Houtman & Kabos (1982a), Gustafsson (1985a), Gustafsson & van Nieukerken (1990a), Hartig (1939a), Hering (1921a, 1932g, 1957a), Huber (1969a), Huemer (1985a, 1988a), Huemer & Erlebach (2003a), Johansson ao (1990a), Kasy (1983a, 1987a), Klimesch (1936a, 1940a, 1950c, 1958c), Kollár & Hrubík (2009a), Kuchlein & Donner (1993a), Kuchlein & de Vos (1999a), Kurz (2016a), Kvičala (1938a), A & Z Laštuvka (1997a), Maček (1999a), Matošević, Pernek, Dubravac & Barić (2009a), van Nieukerken (1986a, 2006a), van Nieukerken, Gielis, Huisman ao (1993a), van Nieukerken, A & Z Laštuvka (2006a), Lhomme (1934d), Navickaitė, Diškus & Stonis (2014), van Nieukerken, Gielis, Huisman ao (1993a), van Nieukerken, Zolotuhin & Mistchenko (2004a), Nowakowski (1954a), Popescu-Gorj Drăghia (1968a), De Prins (1998a), De Prins & Steeman (2011a), Robbins (1991a), Sefrová (2005a), Skala (1939a, 1951a), Sønderup (1949a), Steuer (1995a), Stammer (2016a), Stolnicu (2007a, 2008a), Stonis, Navickaitė, Rocienė ao (2013a), Surányi (1942a), Szőcs (1977a, 1978a, 1981a), Yefremova & Kravchenko (2015a), Zoerner (1969a).