Stigmella vimineticola

Stigmella vimineticola is a moth of the family Nepticulidae. It is found from Norway to Spain and Italy, and from France to Slovakia.[1]

Damage

Stigmella vimineticola
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Nepticulidae
Genus:
Stigmella
Species:
S. vimineticola
Binomial name
Stigmella vimineticola
(Frey, 1856)
Synonyms
  • Nepticula vimineticola Frey, 1856

The larvae feed on the leaves of Salix eleagnos and Salix incana. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine they produce resembles the mine of Stigmella obliquella.[2]

References
  1. "Stigmella vimineticola (Insecta: Lepidoptera: Nepticulidae)". www2.nrm.se. Retrieved 19 December 2016.
  2. "Nepticuloidea". nepticuloidea4.myspecies.info. Retrieved 19 December 2016.


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