Stigmella zangherii

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Stigmella zangherii
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nepticulidae
Genus: Stigmella
Species:
S. zangherii
Binomial name
Stigmella zangherii
(Klimesch, 1951)
Synonyms
  • Nepticula zangheriiKlimesch, 1951

Stigmella zangherii is a moth of the family Nepticulidae. It is widespread in south-eastern Europe and Turkey, in the north to the Czech Republic and Slovakia, in the west a single specimen was recorded from south-eastern France. There are further records from eastern Austria, Hungary, mainland Italy, Sicily, Slovenia, Croatia, Yugoslavia, Greece and Turkey.

The wingspan is 3.9-5.5 mm. Adults are on wing from May to September.

The larvae feed on Quercus cerris , Quercus macrolepis , Quercus pubescens , Quercus suber and Quercus trojana . They mine the leaves of their host plant.