Stigmella glutinosae

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Stigmella glutinosae
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nepticulidae
Genus: Stigmella
Species:
S. glutinosae
Binomial name
Stigmella glutinosae
(Stainton, 1858)
Synonyms
  • Nepticula glutinosaeStainton, 1858
  • Nepticula distinguendaHeinemann, 1862
  • Nepticula rubescensHeinemann, 1871

Stigmella glutinosae is a moth of the family Nepticulidae. It is found in all of Europe (except Iceland, Spain and the southern part of the Balkan Peninsula). [1]

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The wingspan is 4.4–5.2 millimetres (0.17–0.20 in).A small, dark bronze-coloured moth. The antennae are filamentous, dark and about half as long as the forewing. The innermost, greatly expanded joint is white. The head is yellow-haired, the body dark except for a white "collar" just behind the head. The forewings are glistening, dark bronze-brown with a rather narrow, silvery-white transverse band at about two-thirds of the wing. The hind wing is narrow, grey, with long fringes. The species is very similar to several other Stigmella species, but the white collar can be a good characteristic of this species.To be cetain requires microscopic examination of the genitalia.Meyrick - The head is ochreous-yellowish or orange, collar yellow -whitish. Antennal eyecaps yellow whitish. Forewings bronze-fuscous, sometimes purplish-tinged a narrow whitish fascia beyond middle ; apical area beyond this dark purplish-fuscous. Hindwings light grey. [2] [3]

Adults are on wing in May. There are two generations per year.

The larvae feed on Alnus glutinosa , Alnus cordata , Alnus incana , Alnus subcordata and Alnus viridis . They mine the leaves of their host plant. [4] [5]

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References

Content in this edit is translated from the existing Norwegian Wikipedia article at no:Stigmella glutinosae; see its history for attribution.

  1. "Stigmella glutinosae (Stainton, 1858)". 2.6.2. Fauna Europaea. August 29, 2013. Archived from the original on June 10, 2015. Retrieved November 18, 2013.
  2. Meyrick, E., 1895 A Handbook of British Lepidoptera MacMillan, London
  3. lepiforum.de includes images PD-icon.svg This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .
  4. "Stigmella glutinosae (Stainton, 1858)". Bladmineerders.nl. Archived from the original on March 27, 2012. Retrieved March 26, 2010.
  5. Emmet, A. M., 1976. Nepticulidae. — In: J. Heath (ed.). The Moths and Butterflies of Great Britain and Ireland 1: 171—267, pls. 1—7, 11, 12.