Stigmella malella (Stainton 1854) (Family Nepticulidae)


Leaf Mines

Egg Larva Pupa Adult
May - June
August - September
June - July
September - October
(Earliest: 17.10)
July - August
October - May
May
August

Biotopes:
Hedge Rows

Gardens
Food:
(Larva)
(Oligophagous Leaf Miner)

Malus sylvestris
Possible Parasitoids:
Several Ichneumonidae Larvae

Several Braconidae Larvae

Catalogue of the Lepidoptera of Belgium: Stigmella malella
UK Moths: Stigmella malella
Nature Spot: Apple Pigmy - Stigmella malella
Lepiforum: Stigmella malella
British Leafminers: Stigmella malella
UK Fly Mines: Stigmella malella
Plant Parasites of Europe: Stigmella malella


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