Stigmella rhamnicola

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Stigmella rhamnicola
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nepticulidae
Genus: Stigmella
Species:
S. rhamnicola
Binomial name
Stigmella rhamnicola
(Braun, 1916)
Synonyms
  • Nepticula rhamnellaBraun, 1912 (junior homonym of Nepticula rhamnella Herrich-Schaffer, 1860)
  • Nepticula rhamnicolaBraun, 1916

Stigmella rhamnicola is a moth of the family Nepticulidae. It is found in Ohio, United States.

Mine Stigmella rhamnicola mine.JPG
Mine

The wingspan is 4.2–5 mm for the summer generation and 4.4-5.6 for the winter generation. Mines have been collected in early July and October and are most abundant in October. There are two to three generations per year.

The larvae feed on Rhamnus lanceolata . They mine the leaves of their host plant.