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| Stigmella stettinensis | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nepticulidae |
| Genus: | Stigmella |
| Species: | S. stettinensis |
| Binomial name | |
| Stigmella stettinensis (Heinemann, 1871) | |
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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.
