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Stigmella crataegella (Klimesch, 1936)

(zoological nomenclature: valid name, available)

General information:

Nepticula crataegella Klimesch, 1936: 200.
Type locality: Italy, Naturno
 Type: Syntypes: Italy, Naturno, 13-17. viii.1934 - 13-27.iii.1935, leg.Klimesch, in coll. ZSM, Munich.

Synonyms, misspellings, wrong determinations, etc.:
Stigmella indigena Puplesis, 1994: 111. Type locality: Turkmenistan, env. Kara-Kala. Junior subjective synonym.

Habit:

     
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Distribution:

The species is found from Fennoscandia to the Iberian Peninsula, Italy and Macedonia, and from Ireland to Poland and Romania (Nieukerken 2016). In Asia, it also occurs in Turkmenistan.

Biology:

Adults are on wing from May to early June. There is one generation per year (Nieukerken 2016).

Stages in development:

   
Mine in a leaf of Crataegus sp.: Bavaria, Berchtesgaden district, Klausbachtal, near Hintersee, 2003.09.21 Salzburg, Pongau, Radstadt, Judenbühel, 2011.10.01    
Picture from: Kurz Michael
Detailed view		 Picture from: Kurz Michael
Detailed view		    

The larvae feed the leaves of Crataegus laciniata, Crataegus laevigata, Crataegus monogyna, Crataegus pentagyna, Crataegus rivularis and Crataegus spathulata. The mine consists of a corridor. In the first part of the corridor, the frass is concentrated in a central line, later it is clearly coiled. The corridor makes several hairpin turns, usually resulting in a secondary blotch (Nieukerken 2016).

Worth knowing:

Sources:

Klimesch, J. 1936. Ein kleiner Beitrag zur Kenntnis der Nepticulidenfauna (Lep.) des Vintschgaues (Prov. Bozen). Stettiner Entomologische Zeitung: 194-211.
Nieukerken, E. J. van 2016. Nepticulidae and Opostegidae of the world. - URL: http://nepticuloidea.info/ [online 2016.04.21].

Publication data:

history:
Kurz Michael: 2015.08.20
Kurz Michael: 2016.05.03
Kurz Michael: 2017.09.11
not reviewed

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