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Stigmella speciosa (Frey, 1858)

A not so common species in Belgium.

The monophagous larva makes a leafmine on Acer pseudoplatanus

The adults fly in two generations a year; during May and August. 

ID mine: a long contorted gallery, in the beginning the frass is linear, but thereafter the frass is dispersed (separated grains in a broad band) or linear (a small continuous central line), always leaving clear margins. The frass is never laid in arches. The two forms occur together, sometimes on the same leaf. 


Belgium, Liège, Liège - Citadelle, 09 November 2008.
mine on Acer pseudoplatanus
(Photo © Jean-Yves Baugnée)
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Comments to Willy De Prins or Chris Steeman
© Flemish Entomological Society