Stigmella prunetorum

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Stigmella prunetorum
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Stigmella prunetorum mine
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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. The mine consists of a corridor, running in several half or whole circles around the oviposition (egg laying) site. The last segment breaks loose, and mostly runs along the leaf margin.

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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.