Stigmella saginella

Stigmella saginella
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nepticulidae
Genus: Stigmella
Species: S. saginella
Binomial name
Stigmella saginella
(Clemens, 1861)
Synonyms
  • Nepticula saginella Clemens, 1862
  • Nepticula quercicastanella Chambers, 1873
  • Nepticula fuscocapitella Chambers, 1873

Stigmella saginella is a moth of the Nepticulidae family. It is found in North America in Ohio, New York, Virginia, Massachusetts, Illinois, Missouri, Pennsylvania, Kentucky, California, Ontario and Quebec.

Mine

The wingspan is 4-5.5 mm.

The larvae feed on Quercus species, including Q. prinus, Q. platanoides and Q. alba. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine is a whitish linear tract varying in length and width, with a black line of frass running through it. The frass is occasionally more or less dispersed in parts of the mine. The larvae are bright green and the cocoon is usually whitish but occasionally ochraceous.

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