Stigmella oxyacanthella (Stainton 1854) (Family Nepticulidae)


Leaf Mine on Crataegus

On Sorbus aucuparia

Wingspan: 6-7mm
Egg Larva Pupa Adult
July - August September - October
(Earliest: 12.7)
October - June May - June

Biotopes:
Hedge Rows

Gardens
Food:
(Larva)
(Oligophagous Leaf Miner)

Several Rosaceae
Possible Parasitoids:
Several Ichneumonidae Larvae

Several Braconidae Larvae

Catalogue of the Lepidoptera of Belgium: Stigmella oxyacanthella
Stigmella oxyacanthella
Nature Spot: Stigmella oxyacanthella
Lepiforum: Stigmella oxyacanthella
British Leafminers: Stigmella oxyacanthella
UK Fly Mines: Stigmella oxyacanthella
Plant Parasites of Europe: Stigmella oxyacanthella


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