| Stigmella poterii | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nepticulidae |
| Genus: | Stigmella |
| Species: | S. poterii |
| Binomial name | |
| Stigmella poterii (Stainton, 1857) | |
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Stigmella poterii is a moth of the family Nepticulidae. It is found from Fennoscandia to the Pyrenees and Italy, and from Ireland to Ukraine. [1]
The wingspan is 3–5 millimetres (0.12–0.20 in).The thick erect hairs on the head vertex are ferruginous and the collar dark brown' The antennal eyecaps are whitish. The forewings are golden-bronze with a pale golden metallic slightly inwards-oblique fascia beyond middle. The apical area beyond this is dark purple-fuscous. The hindwings are grey. [2] [3] [4] [5]
Adults fly in June, then a second generation in August and September.
The larva is amber yellow in colour and has a brown-coloured head. [6] It feeds on Filipendula ulmaria , Potentilla anserina , Potentilla erecta , Potentilla palustris , Potentilla tabernaemontani , Rubus arcticus , Rubus chamaemorus , Rubus saxatilis , Sanguisorba minor and Sanguisorba officinalis . They mine the leaves of their host plant. [7]
