Stigmella vimineticola
Stigmella vimineticola is a moth of the family Nepticulidae. It is found from Norway to Spain and Italy, and from France to Slovakia.[1]
Damage caused by the larvae mining a leaf.
| Stigmella vimineticola | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nepticulidae |
| Genus: | Stigmella |
| Species: | S. vimineticola |
| Binomial name | |
| Stigmella vimineticola (Frey, 1856) | |
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The larvae feed on the leaves of Salix eleagnos and Salix incana. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine they produce resembles the mine of Stigmella obliquella.[2]
References
- "Stigmella vimineticola (Insecta: Lepidoptera: Nepticulidae)". www2.nrm.se. Retrieved 19 December 2016.
- "Nepticuloidea". nepticuloidea4.myspecies.info. Retrieved 19 December 2016.
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