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Stigmella lemniscella

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Stigmella lemniscella
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nepticulidae
Genus: Stigmella
Species:
S. lemniscella
Binomial name
Stigmella lemniscella
(Zeller, 1839)
Synonyms
  • Lyonetia lemniscella Zeller, 1839
  • Nepticula marginicolella Stainton, 1853
  • Nepticula suberosella Toll, 1934

Stigmella lemniscella is a moth of the family Nepticulidae. It is found in most of Europe.

Stigmella lemniscella mine

The wingspan is 5 to 6 millimetres (0.20 to 0.24 in).The head in male black, in female orange, collar blackish. Antennal eyecaps whitish. Forewings shining brownish-golden ; a somewhat oblique shining silvery fascia beyond middle, preceded by a brownish-purple suffusion, apical area beyond this dark purple-fuscous. Hindwings dark fuscous.[1] Adults are on wing from May to August. There are two generations per year.

The larvae feed on Ulmus glabra, Ulmus laevis, Ulmus minor and Ulmus pumila. They mine the leaves of their host plant.

References

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  1. ^ Meyrick, E., 1895 A Handbook of British Lepidoptera MacMillan, London
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