Stigmella tormentillella

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Stigmella tormentillella
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nepticulidae
Genus: Stigmella
Species:
S. tormentillella
Binomial name
Stigmella tormentillella
(Herrich-Schaffer, 1860)
Synonyms
  • Nepticula tormentillellaHerrich-Schaffer, 1860

Stigmella tormentillella is a moth of the family Nepticulidae. It is found from Germany to the Pyrenees and Italy, and from France to Romania.

The larvae feed on Potentilla alba , Potentilla aurea , Potentilla crantzii , Potentilla erecta , Potentilla reptans and Potentilla tabernaemontani . They mine the leaves of their host plant.