Stigmella oplismeniella
Stigmella oplismeniella is a moth of the family Nepticulidae. It is only known from Kyushu in Japan.
| Stigmella oplismeniella | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nepticulidae |
| Genus: | Stigmella |
| Species: | S. oplismeniella |
| Binomial name | |
| Stigmella oplismeniella Kemperman & Wilkinson, 1985 | |
Adult are on wing from mid-May to early June. There is probably one generation per year.
The larvae feed on Oplismenus undulatifolius. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine consists of a linear, full depth gallery, which usually runs longitudinally along the leaf margin and then doubles back three or four times. It is semi-transparent, pale green to pale brown, with a longitudinal black frass line in the centre. Later, the frass line becomes more disseminated, sometimes in zigzag arcs.[1]
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