Stigmella oplismeniella
| Stigmella oplismeniella | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nepticulidae |
| Genus: | Stigmella |
| Species: | S. oplismeniella |
| Binomial name | |
| Stigmella oplismeniella Kemperman & Wilkinson, 1985 | |
Stigmella oplismeniella is a moth of the Nepticulidae family. It is only known from Kyushu in Japan.
Adult are on wing from mid May to early June. There is probably one generation per year.
The larvae feed on Oplismenus undulatifolius. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine consists of a linear, full depth gallery, which usually runs longitudinally along the leaf margin and then doubles back three or four times. It is semi-transparent, pale green to pale brown, with a longitudinal black frass line in the centre. Later, the frass line becomes more disseminated, sometimes in zigzag arcs.