Stigmella paradoxa (Frey, 1859)
scarce thorn pigmy
Crataegus laevigata, Germany, Baden-Württemberg, Baden-Weiler
same mine, detail
Crataegus monogyna, Belgium, prov. Namur, Agimont: at right the exit slit; © Jean-Yves Baugnée
egg at the underside of the leaf
Crataegus monogyna, Belgium, prov. Namur, Matagne-la-Grande, Commune Doische; © Steve Wullaert
mine
Primary blotch in the tip of a leaf segment, without any preceding corridor. Frass in a central patch, pasted to the upper epidermis; when not feeding the larva retreats here. Around the centre some more frass grains are present, but not in an apparent spiral order. Oviposition is at the underside of the leaf at about 1 mm from the leaf margin (in Leudoptera malifoliella, with which confusion might be possible, the egg is deposited well away from the leaf margin).
host plants
Rosaceae, monophagous
Crataegus laevigata, monogyna, pentagyna.
phenology
Larvae in South England from mid-June till mid July (Emmet, 1983a); bivoltine in southeast Europe (Johansson ao, 1990a).
BENELUX
BE first record by Jean-Yves Baugnée in 2011 (De Prins ao).
NE not recorded (Fauna Europaea, 2009).
LUX recorded (Ellis: Kautenbach).
distribution within Europe
All Europe, except the High North (Fauna Europaea, 2009).
larva
Pale green; see Gustafsson & van Nieukerken (1990a) for a description.
synonyms
Nepticula paradoxa; Nepticula nitidella von Heinemann, 1862; Stigmella juryi Puplesis, 1991a.
parasitoids, predators
references
Beiger (1979a), Bengtsson (2008a), Borkowski (1969a), Buszko & Baraniak (1989a), Buszko & Beshkov (2004a), Corley, Ferreira, Grundy, ao (2018a), Drăghia (1971a, 1972a), Emmet (1970a, 1971a, 1983a), Gustafsson (1985a), Gustafsson & van Nieukerken (1990a), Hering (1921a, 1932g, 1957a), Huemer (1985a, 1988a), Johansson ao (1990a), Kasy (1983a, 1987a), Klimesch (1940a, 1958c), Klimesch & Skala (1936c), A & Z Laštuvka (1997a, 2011a), Z & A Laštuvka (1998a), Maček (1999a), Muus (2026a), Navickaitė, Diškus & Stonis (2014), van Nieukerken (1986a), van Nieukerken, A & Z Laštuvka (2004a, 2006a), van Nieukerken, Zolotuhin & Mistchenko (2004a), Popescu-Gorj & Drăghia (1968a), De Prins, Steeman & Sierens (2016a), Puplesis (1991a), Robbins (1991a), Schütze (1931a), Sefrová (2005a), Skala (1939a), Skala & Zavřel (1945a), Sønderup (1949a), Szőcs (1968a, 1977a, 1978a, 1981a), Tomov & Krusteva (2007a), Triberti & Braggio (2011a), Wullaert (2016a), Yefremova & Kravchenko (2015a).