Stigmella mespilicola
| Stigmella mespilicola | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nepticulidae |
| Genus: | Stigmella |
| Species: | S. mespilicola |
| Binomial name | |
| Stigmella mespilicola (Frey, 1856) | |
| Synonyms | |
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Stigmella mespilicola is a moth of the family Nepticulidae. It is found from Germany to the Iberian Peninsula, Italy and Macedonia and from Great Britain to Ukraine.
The larvae feed on Amelachier parviflora, Cotoneaster racemiflorus, Cotoneaster salicifolia, Sorbus aria and Sorbus torminalis. They mine the leaves of their host plant.
External links
[edit]- bladmineerders.nl Archived 2012-03-12 at the Wayback Machine
- Fauna Europaea
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