Stigmella perpygmaeella

Stigmella perpygmaeella
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nepticulidae
Genus: Stigmella
Species: S. perpygmaeella
Binomial name
Stigmella perpygmaeella
(Doubleday, 1859)
Synonyms
  • Nepticula perpygmaeella Doubleday, 1859
  • Tinea pygmaeella Haworth, 1828

Stigmella perpygmaeella is a moth of the Nepticulidae family. It is found in most of Europe, east to Russia.

The wingspan is 5–6 mm. Adults are on wing from April to May and again from June to August.

The larvae feed on Crataegus laevigata and Crataegus monogyna. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine consists of a corridor that quickly widens into a secondary blotch. The mine is constrained between two veins or, less frequently, a lateral vein and the leaf margin.

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