Stigmella nylandriella
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| Stigmella nylandriella | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nepticulidae |
| Genus: | Stigmella |
| Species: | S. nylandriella |
| Binomial name | |
| Stigmella nylandriella (Tengstrom, 1848) | |
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Stigmella nylandriella is a moth of the Nepticulidae family. It is found in all of Europe (except the Iberian Peninsula and the Balkan Peninsula), east to Russia, where it has been recorded from Bryansk, Murmansk, Karelia, Leningrad and Voronezh.
The wingspan is 4–5 mm. Adults are on wing in May and June.
The larvae feed on Sorbus aria, Sorbus aucuparia and Sorbus domestica. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine consists of a long, gradually widening corridor that often closely follows the leaf margin for a long distance. At first, the frass is concentrated in a broad central line, but becomes coiled later.
The name honours William Nylander
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