Stigmella prunifoliella

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Stigmella prunifoliella
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nepticulidae
Genus: Stigmella
Species:
S. prunifoliella
Binomial name
Stigmella prunifoliella
(Clemens, 1861)
Synonyms
  • Nepticula prunifoliellaClemens, 1862
  • Nepticula bifasciellaClemens, 1862
  • Stigmella bifasciella(Clemens, 1862)
  • Nepticula serotinaeellaChambers, 1873

Stigmella prunifoliella is a moth of the family Nepticulidae. It is found in North America in Pennsylvania, Ohio, New York, Kentucky and Ontario.

Mine Stigmella prunifoliella mine.JPG
Mine

The wingspan is 4–4.5 mm.

The larvae feed on Prunus species, including P. serotina , P. pensylvanica and P. nigra . They mine the leaves of their host plant.