Stigmella birgittae

Stigmella birgittae
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nepticulidae
Genus: Stigmella
Species: S. birgittae
Binomial name
Stigmella birgittae
Gustafsson, 1985
Synonyms
  • Stigmella omani Puplesis & Diškus, 2003

Stigmella birgittae is a moth of the Nepticulidae family. It was described by Gustafsson in 1985. It is known from Gambia, Oman and Saudi Arabia.[1]

The wingspan is 3.6-4.1 mm for males.

The larvae feed on Ziziphus mauritania and Ziziphus spina-christi. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine has the form of a gallery, but frequently also forms a small blotch through coalescence of the windings. The frass is deposited in a narrow central line. The larva are yellowish green. When they leave the mine, they make a slit in the upper surface.

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