Stigmella lonicerarum

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

Stigmella lonicerarum is a moth of the family Nepticulidae. It is found from Sweden and Finland to the Pyrenees, Italy and Bulgaria, and from France to Russia.

Mined honesuckle leaf Stigmella lonicerarum mined honesuckle leaf.JPG
Mined honesuckle leaf
Larva Stigmella lonicerarum larva.JPG
Larva

The wingspan is 4–5 mm.

The larvae feed on Lonicera caprifolium , Lonicera nigra and Lonicera xylosteum . They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine consists of a long, narrow corridor, which follows the leaf margin at first. The frass is concentrated in a narrow central line.


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