Stigmella
poterii (Stainton, 1857) [Lepidoptera: Nepticulidae]
Downland Pigmy
Nepticula
poterii
Stainton, 1857. Entomol. Ann.:
96
Nepticula comari Wocke, 1862.
Stett. ent. Ztg.: 253
Nepticula diffinis Wocke, 1874.
Bresl. ent. Ztg.: 100.
Nepticula geminella Frey, 1870.
Mitt Schweiz. ent. Ges. 3:
288.
Nepticula occultella Heinemann, 1871.
Berl. ent. Ztg.:
215.
Nepticula palustrella Frey, 1870
Nepticula serella Stainton, 1888.
Ent. mon. Mag. 24: 260.
Nepticula tengstroemi Nolcken, 1871.
Lep. Faun. Ldv. Kuv. 2: 776.
Stigmella poterii (Stainton, 1857).
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Leaf-miner: A gallery following the leaf-edge (British
leafminers).
Egg
generally at the upperside of the leaf, on a vein. The mine is a
short corridor, no longer than 3 cm. Its first part is narrow and
tends to follow a vein. The second part is rather tortuous and considerably
widened, and often forms a secondary blotch. Generally only one
mine in a leaf. Mines cannot reliably been distinguished from those
of anomalella and centifoliella (Bladmineerders van Europa).
Larva: The larvae of moths have a head capsule and chewing mouthparts with opposable mandibles (see video of a gracillarid larva feeding), six thoracic legs and abdominal legs (see examples).
The larva of poterii is amber yellow, head brown (whereas aenofasciella is a pale watery yellow) (British
leafminers).
Dark
yellow; the larva lacks a field of spinules at he rear of the pronotum,
and on the mesosternum spinulation does not only occur on the rudiment
of the foot, but also in two field obliquely in front. See Gustafsson
and van Nieukerken (1990a) for a description (Bladmineerders van Europa).
Pupa: The pupae of moths have visible head appendages, wings and legs which lie in sheaths (see examples).
Adult:
The adult is not illustrated in UKMoths (check for update). The species is included in mothdissection.co.uk.
Hosts in Great Britain and Ireland:
Hosts elsewhere:
Time
of year - larvae: June - July, September - October (British
leafminers).
Time
of year - adults: Currently unknown.
Distribution
in Great Britain and Ireland: Britain including Bedfordshire,
East Sutherland, Hertfordshire, North Hampshire and South Wiltshire
(NBN
Atlas).
See also British
leafminers distribution map.
Also
recorded in the Republic of Ireland (Fauna Europaea and National Biodiversity Data Centre Map).
Distribution
elsewhere: Widespread in continental Europe including Austria,
? Corsica, Czech Republic, Danish mainland, Estonia, Finland, French
mainland, Germany, Hungary, Italian mainland, Latvia, Lithuania,
Norwegian mainland, Poland, Slovakia, Slovenia, Sweden, Switzerland,
The Netherlands and Ukraine (Fauna Europaea).
NBN Atlas links to known host species:
British and Irish Parasitoids in Britain and elsewhere:
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