Stigmella myrtillella

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Stigmella myrtillella
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nepticulidae
Genus: Stigmella
Species:
S. myrtillella
Binomial name
Stigmella myrtillella
(Stainton, 1857)
Synonyms
  • Nepticula myrtillellaStainton, 1857

Stigmella myrtillella is a moth of the family Nepticulidae. It is found from Fennoscandia and northern Russia to the Pyrenees, Italy and Bulgaria, and from Ireland to Ukraine.

Mined leaves of Vaccinium myrtillus Stigmella myrtillella mined leaves of Vaccinium myrtillus.JPG
Mined leaves of Vaccinium myrtillus
Damage Stigmella myrtillella BE-MK-2987a.jpg
Damage
Larva Stigmella myrtillella larva.JPG
Larva

The wingspan is 5,4-6,3 mm. The head is ferruginous-yellowish, collar paler. Antennal eyecaps whitish. Forewings dark fuscous, faintly purple-tinged ; a rather oblique somewhat shining whitish fascia beyond middle; outer half of cilia ochreous-white. Hindwings light grey. [1]

Adults are on wing in May and June.

The larvae feed on Vaccinium myrtillus and Vaccinium uliginosum . They mine the leaves of their host plant.

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References

  1. Meyrick, E., 1895 A Handbook of British Lepidoptera MacMillan, London