Stigmella johanssonella

Stigmella johanssonella
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nepticulidae
Genus: Stigmella
Species: S. johanssonella
Binomial name
Stigmella johanssonella
A. & Z. Lastuvka, 1997

Stigmella johanssonella is a moth of the Nepticulidae family. It is found from Austria and Bulgaria to Italy and Greece.

The larvae feed on Ostrya carpinifolia. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine consists of a slender gallery with a broad central frass line. The last part of the corridor follows a side vein.

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