Stigmella tormentillella | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Nepticulidae |
Genus: | Stigmella |
Species: | S. tormentillella |
Binomial name | |
Stigmella tormentillella (Herrich-Schaffer, 1860) | |
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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.