Stigmella trimaculella

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Stigmella trimaculella
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Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Nepticulidae
Genus:
Stigmella
Species:
S. trimaculella
Binomial name
Stigmella trimaculella
(Haworth, 1828)
Synonyms
  • Tinea trimaculellaHaworth, 1828
  • Nepticula albicornellaKollar in Nowicki, 1860
  • Nepticula gilvellaRossler, 1866
  • Nepticula populellaHerrich-Schaffer, 1855
  • Nepticula populicolaSorhagen, 1922
  • Nepticula rufellaZeller, 1849
  • Stigmella subtrimaculellaDufrane, 1949

Stigmella trimaculella is a moth of the family Nepticulidae. It is found in most of Europe, east to the eastern part of Palearctic realm.

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Stigmella trimaculella mine

The wingspan is 5–6 millimetres (0.20–0.24 in). The thick erect hairs on the head vertex are ochreous-yellowish. The collar is white. Antennal eyecaps are whitish. The forewings are dark fuscous; a broad median longitudinal patch extending from base to near middle, and large opposite sometimes confluent triangular costal and dorsal spots beyond middle whitish-yellowish. Hindwings are grey. Abdomen of male yellowish, crimson-tinged. [1] External image

Adults are on wing in May and again in August. [2]

The larvae feed on Populus alba , Populus angustifolia , Populus x canadensis, Populus candicans , Populus canescens , Populus deltoides , Populus nigra , Populus simonii , Populus suaveolens , Populus tremula and Populus trichocarpa . They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine consists of a corridor. The first part of the mine is straight and narrow, and often follows a vein. The frass is concentrated in a nearly uninterrupted central line that does not occupy the full width of the gallery . The second part is considerably broader, sometimes almost resembling a blotch. The frass pattern here is very variable, ranging from a narrow central line to a broad band. [3]

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References

  1. ↑ Meyrick, E., 1895 A Handbook of British Lepidoptera MacMillan, London
  2. ↑ "Stigmella trimaculella". UK Moths. Retrieved March 25, 2010.
  3. ↑ "Stigmella trimaculella (Haworth, 1828)". Bladmineerders.nl. Retrieved March 25, 2010.


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