Stigmella stettinensis

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Stigmella stettinensis
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nepticulidae
Genus: Stigmella
Species:
S. stettinensis
Binomial name
Stigmella stettinensis
(Heinemann, 1871)
Synonyms
  • Nepticula stettinensisHeinemann, 1871

Stigmella stettinensis is a moth of the family Nepticulidae. It is found in Lithuania, Poland, The Czech Republic and Slovakia.

It was considered a synonym of Stigmella minusculella , but was raised to species status by A & Z Lastuvka in 2004. [1]

There are three generations per year in central Europe. [1]

The larvae feed on Pyrus communis . They mine the leaves of their host plant.

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References

  1. 1 2 Laštůvka, Aleš; Laštůvka, Zdeněk (7 June 2015). "Stigmella stettinensis (Heinemann), an overlooked species of the Stigmella oxyacanthella-group (Lepidoptera, Nepticulidae) in Europe". Acta Universitatis Agriculturae et Silviculturae Mendelianae Brunensis. 52 (4): 17–24. doi:10.11118/actaun200452040017.