Stigmella minusculella

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Stigmella minusculella
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nepticulidae
Genus: Stigmella
Species:
S. minusculella
Binomial name
Stigmella minusculella
(Herrich-Schaffer, 1855)
Synonyms
  • Nepticula minusculellaHerrich-Schaffer, 1855
  • Nepticula chalybeiaBraun, 1914
  • Nepticula embonellaKlimesch, 1978
  • Stigmella chalybeia(Braun, 1914)

Stigmella minusculella is a moth of the family Nepticulidae. It is found from Denmark and Latvia to the Pyrenees, Corsica, Italy and Crete, and from Great Britain to Ukraine. It is also present in North America, where it is found in Ohio, New Jersey and Ontario.

Mine Stigmella minusculella mine.JPG
Mine
Mined pieces of pear leaves Stigmella minusculella mined pieces of pear leaves.JPG
Mined pieces of pear leaves
Larva Stigmella minusculella larva.JPG
Larva

The wingspan is 5–6 mm. There are two to three generations per year.

The larvae feed on Pyrus amygdaliformis , Pyrus communis , Pyrus elaeagrifolia and Pyrus spinosa . They mine the leaves of their host plant.


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