Stigmella svenssoni

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Stigmella svenssoni
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nepticulidae
Genus: Stigmella
Species:
S. svenssoni
Binomial name
Stigmella svenssoni
(Johansson, 1971)
Synonyms
  • Nepticula svenssoniJohansson, 1971

Stigmella svenssoni is a moth of the family Nepticulidae. It is widespread, but localised in the northern half of Europe, with records from Norway, Sweden, Finland, Denmark, Latvia, the Netherlands, Germany, Slovakia, Hungary and France. There are two isolated records from northern Italy and northern Greece. Only leafmines are recorded from Ireland.

The wingspan is 6–7 mm.The adults have an orange head.The collar is creamy white and the eyecaps are cream.The forewings have a dark brownish ground colour with a distinct purplish sheen at the tip fifth.

The larva mines Quercus species.


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