Stigmella myrtillella

Stigmella myrtillella
Scientific classification
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;

Last updated August 01, 2025

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.

Larva Stigmella myrtillella larva.JPG — Larva

The wingspan is 5,4-6,3 mm. The head is ferruginous-yellowish, the collar paler. The antennal eyecaps are whitish. The forewings are dark fuscous, faintly purple-tinged with a rather oblique somewhat shining whitish fascia beyond middle. The outer half of cilia ochreous-white. The hindwings are light grey.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]

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.

References

↑ Meyrick, E., 1895 A Handbook of British Lepidoptera MacMillan, London
↑ lepiforum.de includes images This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .
↑ 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.
↑ Zagulajev, A.K., 1987 Nepticulidae (Stigmellidae); in G.S. Medvedev (ed.): Keys to the insects of the europaean part of the USSR, Vol.IV: Lepidoptera, part 1 (english translation), Oxonian Press Pvt.Ltd., New Dehli, 1987

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

[2] rum.de includes images This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .

[3] 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.

[4] Zagulajev, A.K., 1987 Nepticulidae (Stigmellidae); in G.S. Medvedev (ed.): Keys to the insects of the europaean part of the USSR, Vol.IV: Lepidoptera, part 1 (english translation), Oxonian Press Pvt.Ltd., New Dehli, 1987

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