Stigmella spinosissimae

Stigmella spinosissimae
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nepticulidae
Genus:	Stigmella
Species:	S. spinosissimae
Binomial name
	Stigmella spinosissimae; = (Waters, 1928)
Synonyms
	Nepticula spinosissimaeWaters, 1928;

Last updated August 01, 2025

Stigmella spinosissimae is a moth of the family Nepticulidae. It is found in Great Britain and Ireland. It is also present in the eastern part of the Palearctic realm.^[1] It is essentially unicolorous and identification requires microscopic examination of the genitalia. ^[2]^[3]^[4]

The larvae feed on Rosa pimpinellifolia and possibly other Rosa species.

References

↑ "Stigmella spinosissimae". 2.6.2. Fauna Europaea. August 29, 2013. Archived from the original on September 24, 2015. Retrieved November 20, 2013.
↑ lepiforum.de includes images This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .
↑ Emmet, A. M., 1976. Nepticulidae. — In: J. Heath (ed.). The Moths and Butterflies of Great Britain and Ireland 1: 171—267, pls. 1—7, 11, 12.
↑ Zagulajev, A.K., 1987 Nepticulidae (Stigmellidae); in G.S. Medvedev (ed.): Keys to the insects of the europaean part of the USSR, Vol.IV: Lepidoptera, part 1 (english translation), Oxonian Press Pvt.Ltd., New Dehli, 1987

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[1] "Stigmella spinosissimae". 2.6.2. Fauna Europaea. August 29, 2013. Archived from the original on September 24, 2015. Retrieved November 20, 2013.

[2] rum.de includes images This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .

[3] Emmet, A. M., 1976. Nepticulidae. — In: J. Heath (ed.). The Moths and Butterflies of Great Britain and Ireland 1: 171—267, pls. 1—7, 11, 12.

[4] Zagulajev, A.K., 1987 Nepticulidae (Stigmellidae); in G.S. Medvedev (ed.): Keys to the insects of the europaean part of the USSR, Vol.IV: Lepidoptera, part 1 (english translation), Oxonian Press Pvt.Ltd., New Dehli, 1987

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