Stigmella populnea

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Stigmella populnea
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nepticulidae
Genus: Stigmella
Species:
S. populnea
Binomial name
Stigmella populnea
Kemperman & Wilkinson, 1985

Stigmella populnea is a moth of the family Nepticulidae. [1] [2] It is only known from Hokkaido in Japan.

The larvae feed on Populus nigra . They mine the leaves of their host plant.

References

  1. Insecta Matsumurana. Entomological Institute, Hokkaido Imperial University. 1985. p. 13.
  2. Nieukerken, Erik van; Doorenweerd, Camiel; Hoare, Robert; Davis, Donald (2016-10-31). "Revised classification and catalogue of global Nepticulidae and Opostegidae (Lepidoptera, Nepticuloidea)". ZooKeys (628): 65–246. Bibcode:2016ZooK..628...65V. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.628.9799 . ISSN   1313-2970. PMC   5126388 . PMID   27917038.