Stigmella prunetorum

Stigmella prunetorum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nepticulidae
Genus:	Stigmella
Species:	S. prunetorum
Binomial name
Stigmella prunetorum (Stainton, 1855)
Synonyms
Nepticula prunetorumStainton, 1855 Nepticula dimidiatellaHerrich-Schaffer, 1855 Nepticula ligustrellaRossler, 1866 Nepticula perpusillellaHerrich-Schaffer, 1855 Nepticula prunetellaDoubleday, 1859 (unjustified emendation)

Stigmella prunetorum is a moth of the family Nepticulidae. It is found in all of Europe (except Ireland, the Iberian Peninsula and the Mediterranean islands). ^{[1] [2]}

The wingspan is 4.3-4.7 mm. Adults are on wing in May.

The larvae feed on Prunus armeniaca , Prunus avium , Prunus brigantina , Prunus cerasifera , Prunus cerasus , Prunus cocomilia , Prunus domestica , Prunus insititia , Prunus spinosa and Prunus triloba . They mine the leaves of their host plant.

References

1. Kollár, Jan; Hrubík Pavel (2009). "Insekti mineri na drvenastim biljkama u urbanim sredinama zapadne Slovačke" (PDF). Acta Entomologica Serbica. 14 (1): 83–91. Retrieved 26 August 2012.
2. van NIEUKERKEN, Erik J. (1986). "A provisional phylogenetic check-list of the western palaearctic Nepticulidae, with data on hostplants (Lepidoptera)". Insect Systematics & Evolution. 17 (1): 1–24. doi:10.1163/187631286X00099. ISSN   1399-560X.

External links

• bladmineerders.nl Archived 2012-03-12 at the Wayback Machine
• Fauna Europaea