Stigmella thuringiaca (Petry, 1904)

Lepidoptera, Nepticulidae

Potentilla tabernaemontani, Belgium, prov. Namur, Nismes; from van Nieukerken (2006a)

same material; picture in the field (© C van den Berg)

mine

Egg at the underside of the leaf, near the midrib. The mine is a gradully widening, not very slender corridor, generally following a thick vein or the margin. Frass irregularly scattered, occupying at least one third of the width of the corridor.

hostplants

Herbaceous Rosaceae, monophagous

Agrimonia eupatoria; Argentina anserina; Filipendula vulgaris; Fragaria moschata, vesca, viridis; Potentilla cinerea, recta, tabernaemontani; Sanguisorba minor.

phenology

Two generations per year.

BENELUX

BE recorded (van Nieukerken, 2006a).

NE not recorded (Fauna Europaea, 2009).

LUX not recorded (Fauna Europaea, 2009).

distribution within Europe

From Germany, Poland, and Central Russia to the Iberian Peninsula and Italy; not in the Balkan Peninsula (Fauna Europaea, 2009); also known from the Crimea (Navickaitė ao).

larva

Bright yellow (Johansson ao, 1990a); no further details known so far.

notes

Several nepticulids occur on herbaceous Rosacaeae; solely on the mine St. thuringaca cannot reliably be singled out.

references

Beiger (1960a), Hartig (1939a), Hering (1957a), Johansson ao (1990a), Kasy (1983a, 1985a), Klimesch (1936a, 1958c), A & Z Laštuvka (1997a, 2008a), Z & A Laštůvka (2009b), Maček (1999a), Navickaitė, Diškus & Stonis (2014), van Nieukerken (1986a, 2006a), van Nieukerken, A & Z Laštuvka (2004a), van Nieukerken, A & Z Laštuvka (2006a), van Nieukerken, Zolotuhin & Mistchenko (2004a), Skala (1939a), Skala & Zavřel (1945a), Steuer (1995a), Surányi (1942a), Szőcs (1977a, 1981a).

15/02/2017