Stigmella pretiosa

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Stigmella pretiosa
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nepticulidae
Genus: Stigmella
Species:
S. pretiosa
Binomial name
Stigmella pretiosa
(Heinemann, 1862)
Synonyms
  • Nepticula pretiosaHeinemann, 1862
  • Nepticula bolliiFrey, 1873
  • Nepticula tatrensisBorkowski, 1970

Stigmella pretiosa is a moth of the family Nepticulidae. It is found from Fennoscandia to the Alps, and from Scotland to the Baltic region and Slovakia.

The wingspan is 5.5-6.5 mm. There is one generation per year.

The larvae feed on Geum montanum , Geum rivale , Geum urbanum , Rubus caesius , Rubus fruticosus , Rubus idaeus and Rubus macrophyllus . They mine the leaves of their host plant.