Stigmella crenulatae
Stigmella crenulatae is a moth of the family Nepticulidae. It is found on the Canary Islands and the Iberian Peninsula.
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| Genus: | Stigmella |
| Species: | S. crenulatae |
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| Stigmella crenulatae (Klimesch, 1975) | |
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The larvae feed on Rhamnus crenulata and Rhamnus lycioides. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine consists of a slender corridor, mostly partly following the leaf margin. The corridor widens in the end into a small blotch. The frass is concentrated in a broad central line.
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