Stigmella aceris

Stigmella aceris is a moth of the family Nepticulidae found in Europe. It was first described by Heinrich Frey in 1857.

Stigmella aceris
Mine
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Nepticulidae
Genus:
Stigmella
Species:
S. aceris
Binomial name
Stigmella aceris
(Frey, 1857)
Synonyms
  • Nepticula aceris Frey, 1857
  • Nepticula penicillata Heinemann & Wocke, 1877
  • Nepticula szocsi Klimesch, 1956

The moth flies from May to June and again in August depending on the location and has a wingspan of 3.7–4.7 mm.

Larvae mine the leaves of its food plant making a narrow corridor usually filling the entire width of the corridor with frass. Eggs are laid on field maple (Acer campestre), Amur maple (A. ginnala), Norway maple (A. platanoides) and Tatarian maple (A. tataricum).[1] There is some debate as to whether the moth mines the leaves of sycamore (A. pseudoplatanus) with Plant Parasites of Europe stating that it is never found on sycamore and UKmoths stating it is found on sycamore.[1][2]

References
  1. Ellis, W N. "Stigmella aceris (Frey, 1857) scarce maple pigmy". Plant Parasites of Europe. Retrieved 25 August 2019.
  2. Kimber, Ian. "4.056 BF65 Stigmella speciosa (Frey, 1858)". UKmoths. Retrieved 25 August 2019.


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