Stigmella crenulatae

Stigmella crenulatae is a moth of the family Nepticulidae. It is found on the Canary Islands and the Iberian Peninsula.

Stigmella crenulatae
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Stigmella
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S. crenulatae
Binomial name
Stigmella crenulatae
(Klimesch, 1975)
Synonyms
  • Nepticula crenulatae Klimesch, 1975

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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