Roeslerstammia pronubella

Roeslerstammia pronubella
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Roeslerstammiidae
Genus: Roeslerstammia
Species:
R. pronubella
Binomial name
Roeslerstammia pronubella
Synonyms
  • Tinea pronubella Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775
  • Roeslerstammia transcaucasica Toll, 1958
  • Roeslerstammia nitidella Moriuti, 1972[1]

Roeslerstammia pronubella is a species of moth belonging to the family Roeslerstammiidae, described by Michael Denis and Ignaz Schiffermüller in 1775.[2] The species can be found throughout Europe and Russia as far east as Japan, where it is reported from Honshu and Kyushu.[1][3]

Biology

Larval hostplants of R. pronubella comprise Fagus crenata and Carpinus laxiflora in Japan, and Carpinus betulus and species of Tilia in Europe.[1][4] The first larval instar is a leaf miner in the leaf tip, while from the second instar on, feeding takes place outside on the leaf edge. Pupation takes place in a white ellipsoidal cocoon in the gallery of a turned-down leaf margin. The adult moths fly from April to August.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c d Hirowatari, Toschiya; Tsuchiya, Toshihiro; Kobayashi, Shigeki (2012). "Biological notes on two species of the genus Roeslerstammia Zeller (Lepidoptera, Roeslerstammiidae) in Japan". Lepidoptera Science. 63: 37–46. doi:10.18984/lepid.63.1_37.
  2. ^ Hirowatari, Toschiya; Huang, Guo-Hua; Wang, Min (2017). "Review of the genus Roeslerstammia, with a new species from China (Lepidoptera, Roeslerstammiidae)". ZooKeys. 668: 107-122. doi:10.3897/zookeys.668.11896.
  3. ^ "Roeslerstammia pronubella (Denis & Schiffermüller) 1776". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 11 September 2025.
  4. ^ "Roeslerstammia pronubella ([Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775)". Lepiforum e.V. - Bestimmung von Schmetterlingen und ihren Präimaginalstadien (in German). Retrieved 11 September 2025.