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