Stigmella nivenburgensis
Stigmella nivenburgensis is a moth of the family Nepticulidae. It is found from Lithuania and central Russia to the Iberian Peninsula, Italy and Greece. It has also reported from Turkmenistan.
| Stigmella nivenburgensis | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nepticulidae |
| Genus: | Stigmella |
| Species: | S. nivenburgensis |
| Binomial name | |
| Stigmella nivenburgensis (Preissecker, 1942) | |
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There are at least three generations on Rhodes.
The larvae feed on Salix alba, S. babylonica, Salix x fragilis, Salix x salamonii [lower-alpha 1] and S. triandra.[1] They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine consists of a slender corridor. Pupation takes place outside of the mine.
Notes
- A Salix of the Sepulcralis Group
References
- "European Lep: Nepticulidae". www.leafmines.co.uk. Retrieved 18 August 2022.
External links
- Fauna Europaea
- bladmineerders.nl Archived 2012-03-27 at the Wayback Machine
- Nepticulidae from the Volga and Ural region
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