| Stigmella assimilella | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nepticulidae |
| Genus: | Stigmella |
| Species: | S. assimilella |
| Binomial name | |
| Stigmella assimilella (Zeller, 1848) |
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Stigmella assimilella is a moth of the Nepticulidae family. It is found in most of Europe (except Ireland and the Balkan Peninsula), east through Russia to the eastern part of the Palearctic ecozone.
It's wingspan is 5–6 millimetres (0.20–0.24 in). The larvae mine the leaves of their host plant, which tyically includes species of Aspin including Populus alba, Populus canescens and Populus tremula.