Stigmella celtifoliella

Stigmella celtifoliella
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nepticulidae
Genus: Stigmella
Species: S. celtifoliella
Binomial name
Stigmella celtifoliella
Vári, 1955

Stigmella celtifoliella is a moth of the Nepticulidae family. It was described by Vári in 1955.[1] It is found in South Africa (it was described from Transvaal, Pretoria and the Zoutpansberg).[2]

Adults are on wing in January and April.

The larvae feed on Celtis africana. They probably mine the leaves of their host.

References

  1. stigmella celtifoliella at the Global Lepidoptera Names Index.
  2. Rank:  Species. "Nepticulidae and Opostegidae of the world". Nepticuloidea.info. Retrieved 2011-12-16.