Stigmella pyri

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Stigmella pyri
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nepticulidae
Genus: Stigmella
Species:
S. pyri
Binomial name
Stigmella pyri
(Glitz, 1865)
Synonyms
  • Nepticula pyriGlitz, 1865

Stigmella pyri is a moth of the family Nepticulidae. It is found from Sweden to the Pyrenees, Italy and Bulgaria, and from Great Britain to Ukraine. [1]

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Damage

The wingspan is 4.2-5.2 mm. Adults are on wing from May to June and again in August in two generations.

References

  1. "Stigmella pyri (Glitz, 1865)".