Stigmella desperatella

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Stigmella desperatella
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nepticulidae
Genus: Stigmella
Species:
S. desperatella
Binomial name
Stigmella desperatella
(Frey, 1856)
Synonyms
  • Nepticula desperatellaFrey, 1856
  • Nepticula pyricolaWocke, 1877

Stigmella desperatella is a moth of the family Nepticulidae. It is found from Estonia to the Pyrenees, Italy and Bulgaria, and from Great Britain to Ukraine.

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The wingspan is 4–5 mm. Adults are on wing in June.

The larvae feed on Malus baccata , Malus domestica , Malus sylvestris and Pyrus communis . They mine the leaves of their host plant.