Stigmella zangherii | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Nepticulidae |
Genus: | Stigmella |
Species: | S. zangherii |
Binomial name | |
Stigmella zangherii (Klimesch, 1951) | |
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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.