Stigmella alaurulenta

Stigmella alaurulenta
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nepticulidae
Genus: Stigmella
Species: S. alaurulenta
Binomial name
Stigmella alaurulenta
Kemperman & Wilkinson, 1985

Stigmella alaurulenta is a moth of the Nepticulidae family. It is only known from Honshu in Japan.

Adults were found in mid-May. There are probably two or more generations per year.

The larvae feed on Malus sieboldii. They mine the leaves of their host plant.

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