Stigmella flavipedella

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Stigmella flavipedella
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nepticulidae
Genus: Stigmella
Species:
S. flavipedella
Binomial name
Stigmella flavipedella
(Braun, 1914)
Synonyms
  • Nepticula flavipedellaBraun, 1914

Stigmella flavipedella is a moth of the family Nepticulidae. It is found in Ohio and Kentucky in the United States.

Mine Stigmella flavipedella mine.JPG
Mine

The wingspan is 3.6–5 mm. Adults are on wing in March, May and early June, and mid-July and August. Larvae have been collected in June and late July and in late August and September. There are three generations per year.

The larvae feed on Quercus species, including Q. platanoides , Q. palustris , Q. rubra and Q. imbricaria . They mine the leaves of their host plant.