Stigmella lapponica

Stigmella lapponica
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nepticulidae
Genus: Stigmella
Species: S. lapponica
Binomial name
Stigmella lapponica
(Wocke, 1862)
Synonyms
  • Nepticula lapponica Wocke, 1862
  • Nepticula lusatica Schutze, 1904
  • Nepticula vossensis Gronlien, 1928

Stigmella lapponica is a moth of the Nepticulidae family. It is found in most of Europe (except the Balkan Peninsula and the Mediterranean islands), east to the eastern part of the Palearctic ecozone.[1]

Stigmella lapponica mine

The wingspan is 5–7 mm. Adults are on wing in May. There is one generation per year.[2]

The larvae feed on Betula humilis, Betula nana, Betula pendula and Betula pubescens (including Betula pubescens carpatica). They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine consists of a slender corridor that hardly widens. The first part is filled with frass. The mine mostly follows a vein over a long distance, but the larva is capable of crossing thick veins, even the midrib.[3]

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