Stigmella mespilicola (Frey, 1856)
[Lepidoptera: Nepticulidae]


Nepticula mespilicola Frey, 1856. Tin. Pteroph. Schweiz.: 392.
Nepticula ariella
Herrich-Schäffer, 1860. Neue Schmett. 5: 168.
Stigmella mespilicola
(Frey, 1856).


Leaf-mine: Rather short, full dpeth, gradually widening corridor, the last section suddenly widenened still a bit more into an elongated blotch. Frass in a central line, about 1/3 of the width of the corridor. Pupation outside the mine (Bladmineerders van Europa).

Larva: Yellowish green to yellow. The larva is described by Gustafsson and van Nieukerken (1990a) (Bladmineerders van Europa).

Pupa: Details unknown.

Adult: Not illustrated in UKMoths (check for update). The genitalia are not illustrated by the Lepidoptera Dissection Group (check for update).

Hosts in Britain:

Rosaceae      
Sorbus aria Common Whitebeam Pitkin and Plant
Sorbus torminalis Wild Service-tree Pitkin and Plant

Hosts elsewhere:

Rosaceae      
Amelanchier parviflora   Bladmineerders van Europa
Cotoneaster hissaricus Circular-leaved Cotoneaster Bladmineerders van Europa, as Cotoneaster racemiflorus
Cotoneaster salicifolia   Bladmineerders van Europa
Sorbus aria Common Whitebeam Bladmineerders van Europa
Sorbus torminalis Wild Service-tree Bladmineerders van Europa

Time of year - larvae: Unknown.

Time of year - adults: Unknown.

Distribution in Great Britain and Ireland: Britain including Herefordshire, Shropshire, Stafford, West Gloucestershire and Worcestershire (NBN Gateway - N.B. includes Watsonian Vice Counties having publicly available records that fall within or overlap the vice county border at 10km resolution or better i.e. a record for a vice county may relate to an adjacent vice county - for included datasets see NBN Grid map below).

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Distribution elsewhere: Widespread in continental Europe including Austria, Croatia, Czech Republic, French mainland, Germany, Hungary, Italian mainland, ? Macedonia, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spanish mainland, Switzerland, Ukraine and Yugoslavia (Karsholt and van Nieukerken in Fauna Europaea).

NBN interactive distribution map(s) of known host species in Great Britain and Ireland and elsewhere:

Cotoneaster hissaricus, Sorbus aria, Sorbus torminalis

Parasitoids in Britain and elsewhere: Unknown.



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