''Stagmatophora heydeniella'' is a
moth in the family
Cosmopterigidae. It is found in
France,
Germany,
Switzerland
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,
Austria,
Italy, the
Czech Republic,
Poland,
Slovakia,
Hungary,
Romania,
North Macedonia,
Ukraine and
Russia.
The
wingspan is 7–9 mm. The forewings are orange red, but blackish at the base and apical angle. There is a pattern in the form of five silver spots and an incomplete band at the base. Adults are on wing from May to July.
The larvae feed on ''
Stachys alopecuros
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'', ''
Stachys officinalis
''Betonica officinalis'' ( syn. ''Stachys officinalis''), commonly known as common hedgenettle, betony, purple betony, wood betony, bishopwort, or bishop's wort, is a species of flowering plant in the mint family Lamiaceae, native to Europe, wes ...
'' and ''
Stachys sylvatica
''Stachys sylvatica'', commonly known as hedge woundwort, whitespot, or sometimes as hedge nettle, is a perennial herbaceous plant growing to tall in woodland and unmanaged grassland. In temperate zones of the northern hemisphere it flowers in ...
''. They
mine
Mine, mines, miners or mining may refer to:
Extraction or digging
* Miner, a person engaged in mining or digging
*Mining, extraction of mineral resources from the ground through a mine
Grammar
*Mine, a first-person English possessive pronoun
...
the leaves of their host plant. Young larvae create a mine which consists of a large blotch with lobe-like extensions. Later
instars create a dense spinning at the underside of the leaf which is connected to the blotch. Most
frass
Frass refers loosely to the more or less solid excreta of insects, and to certain other related matter.
Definition and etymology
''Frass'' is an informal term and accordingly it is variously used and variously defined. It is derived from the ...
is ejected out of the mine, but some is deposited in a broad line in the centre of the blotch. Often, several mines are found in a single leaf. Pupation takes place outside of the mine in the spinning or in a leaf fold.
Larvae can be found from August to September. The species overwinters in the pupal stage.
References
Moths described in 1838
Cosmopteriginae
Moths of Europe
Taxa named by Josef Emanuel Fischer von Röslerstamm
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