Stigmella tityrella (Stainton, 1854)

small beech pigmy

Fagus sylvatica, Arnhem, Sonsbeek

mine

Oviposition at the underside of the leaf, in the axil of a vein. From there a corridor, that does not widen much, zigzags between two lateral veins in the direction of the leaf margin. Frass at first in a narrow central line. Later the frass becomes widely dispersed; it never lies in coils.

host plants

Fagaceae, monophagous

Fagus sylvatica.

phenology

Larvae in June – July and again August – October (Emmet, 1983a).

BENELUX

BE recorded (Phegea, 2009).

NE recorded (Kuchlein & de Vos, 1999a; Microlepidoptera.nl, 2009).

LUX recorded (Ellis: Kautenbach).

distribution within Europe

All Europe, except European Russia (Fauna Europaea, 2009).

larva

synonyms

Nepticula tityrella; N. brunnensis Skala, 1939; N. turicella Herrich-Schäffer, 1855.

references

Baldizzone (2004a), Beiger (1980a), Bengtsson (2008a), Borkowski (1969a), Buhr (1935b, 1964a), Buszko & Baraniak (1989a), Csóka (2003a), Deutsch (2012a), Diškus, Navickaitė & Stonis (2011a), Diškus & Stonis (2012a), Emmet (1983a), van Frankenhuyzen & Freriks (1972a), van Frankenhuyzen & Houtman (1972a), van Frankenhuyzen Houtman & Kabos (1982a), Gustafsson (1985a), Gustafsson & van Nieukerken (1990a), Haase (1942a), Hartig (1939a), Hering (1935a, 1957a), Huber (1969a), Huemer & Erlebach (2003a), Johansson ao (1990a), Klimesch (1950c, 1958c), Kollár & Hrubík (2009a), Kuchlein & Donner (1993a), Kuchlein & de Vos (1999a), Kurz (2016a), A & Z Laštuvka (1997a), Maček (1999a), Matošević, Pernek, Dubravac & Barić (2009a), Michna (1975a), Navickaitė, Diškus & Stonis (2011a, 2014a), van Nieukerken (1986a, 2006a), van Nieukerken, A & Z Laštuvka (2004a, 2006a), Nowakowski (1954a), Plóciennik, Pawlikiewicz & Jaworski (2011a), De Prins (1998a, 2007a), Robbins (1991a), Schütze (1931a), Sefrová (2005a), Skala (1939a, 1941a), Sønderup (1949a), Stammer (2016a), Steuer (1995a), Šumpich (2017a), Szőcs (1977a, 1978a, 1981a), Tomov & Krusteva (2007a), Zoerner (1969a, 1970a).