| Stigmella lemniscella | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nepticulidae |
| Genus: | Stigmella |
| Species: | S. lemniscella |
| Binomial name | |
| Stigmella lemniscella (Zeller, 1839) | |
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Stigmella lemniscella is a moth of the family Nepticulidae. It is found in most of Europe.
The wingspan is 5 to 6 millimetres (0.20 to 0.24 in).The head in male is black, in female orange, collar blackish. The antennal eyecaps whitish. The forewings are shining brownish-golden with a somewhat oblique shining silvery fascia beyond middle, preceded by a brownish-purple suffusion. The apical area beyond this is dark purple-fuscous. The hindwings are dark fuscous. [1] [2] [3] [4]
Adults are on wing from May to August. There are two generations per year.
The larvae feed on Ulmus glabra , Ulmus laevis , Ulmus minor and Ulmus pumila . They mine the leaves of their host plant.
