Stigmella macrolepidella

Stigmella macrolepidella
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nepticulidae
Genus: Stigmella
Species: S. macrolepidella
Binomial name
Stigmella macrolepidella
(Klimesch, 1978)
Synonyms
  • Nepticula macrolepidella Klimesch, 1978

Stigmella macrolepidella is a moth of the Nepticulidae family. It is found in mainland Greece (the north and Peloponnesos), Rhodes, Turkey and possibly Haifa in Israel.

The wingspan is 3.8-4.7 mm. Adults are on wing in May, June, August and reared from September to October.

The larvae feed on Quercus macrolepis. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine consists of a full depth corridor. The first section of this corridor is filled with frass. Later sections are mostly free of frass.

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