Stigmella cocciferae

Stigmella cocciferae
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nepticulidae
Genus: Stigmella
Species: S. cocciferae
Binomial name
Stigmella cocciferae
van Nieukerken & Johansson, 2003

Stigmella cocciferae is a moth of the Nepticulidae family. It is found from Greece to Turkey and Israel.

The wingspan is 4.9–7 mm. Adults are on wing from April to July and again from September to October.

The larvae feed on Quercus coccifera. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine consists of a broad corridor. The frass is found in a broad band.

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