Stigmella cocciferae

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

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

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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