Stigmella alnetella
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nepticulidae |
| Genus: | Stigmella |
| Species: | S. alnetella |
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| Stigmella alnetella (Stainton, 1856) | |
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Stigmella alnetella is a moth of the family Nepticulidae. It is found in all of Europe, except the Balkan Peninsula.
The wingspan is 3.9-4.8 mm. The head is orange, the collar deep bronze-fuscous. The antennal eyecaps are white. The forewings are golden brown, becoming lighter golden towards the dorsum anteriorly. A bright shining silvery fascia beyond middle is preceded by a dark purplish-fuscous suffusion, the apical area beyond this is dark purplish fuscous. The hindwings are grey.[1][2][3][4]
The larvae feed on Alnus cordata and Alnus glutinosa. They mine the leaves of their host plant. There is usually only one mine in a leaf. Pupation takes place outside of the mine.
References
[edit]- ↑ Meyrick, E., 1895 A Handbook of British Lepidoptera MacMillan, London pdf
This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain. Keys and description - ↑ lepiforum.de includes images This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
- ↑ Emmet, A. M., 1976. Nepticulidae. — In: J. Heath (ed.). The Moths and Butterflies of Great Britain and Ireland 1: 171—267, pls. 1—7, 11, 12.
- ↑ Zagulajev, A.K., 1987 Nepticulidae (Stigmellidae); in G.S. Medvedev (ed.): Keys to the insects of the europaean part of the USSR, Vol.IV: Lepidoptera, part 1 (english translation), Oxonian Press Pvt.Ltd., New Dehli, 1987
External links
[edit]- bladmineerders.nl Archived 2012-02-27 at the Wayback Machine
- Swedish Moths
- Fauna Europaea
- Stigmella alnetella images at Consortium for the Barcode of Life
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