Stigmella dryadella
| Stigmella dryadella | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nepticulidae |
| Genus: | Stigmella |
| Species: | S. dryadella |
| Binomial name | |
| Stigmella dryadella (O. Hofmann, 1868) | |
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Stigmella dryadella is a moth of the Nepticulidae family. It is found from Fennoscandia and northern Russia to the Pyrenees and Italy, and from Ireland to Romania.
The wingspan is 4.5-5.5 mm.
The larvae feed on Dryas octopetala. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine consists of a narrow corridor, descending towards the base of the leaf while following the leaf margin. Later, the corridor reverses its direction, and widens into a blotch that may occupy half of the leaf. The frass is concentrated in the corridor as a broad central ribbon and is broadly scattered in the blotch.
External links
- Fauna Europaea
- bladmineerders.nl
- Swedish moths
- Stigmella dryadella images at Consortium for the Barcode of Life
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