Stigmella carpinella

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Stigmella carpinella
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An image of stigmella carpinella male moth
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nepticulidae
Genus: Stigmella
Species:
S. carpinella
Binomial name
Stigmella carpinella
(Heinemann, 1862)
Synonyms
  • Nepticula carpinellaHeinemann, 1862

Stigmella carpinella is a moth of the family Nepticulidae. It is found in from Sweden to Belgium, the Alps, Croatia and Bulgaria, and from Great Britain to Ukraine.

The wingspan is 5–6 mm. Adults are on wing at the end of April.

The larvae feed on Carpinus betulus , Carpinus orientalis and Ostrya carpinifolia . They mine the leaves of their host plant.