Stigmella stettinensis
| Stigmella stettinensis | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nepticulidae |
| Genus: | Stigmella |
| Species: | S. stettinensis |
| Binomial name | |
| Stigmella stettinensis (Heinemann, 1871) | |
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Stigmella stettinensis is a moth of the family Nepticulidae. It is found in Lithuania, Poland, The Czech Republic and Slovakia.
It was considered a synonym of Stigmella minusculella, but was raised to species status by A & Z Lastuvka in 2004.[1]
There are three generations per year in central Europe.[1]
The larvae feed on Pyrus communis. They mine the leaves of their host plant.
References
- ^ a b Laštůvka, Aleš; Laštůvka, Zdeněk (7 June 2015). "Stigmella stettinensis (Heinemann), an overlooked species of the Stigmella oxyacanthella-group (Lepidoptera, Nepticulidae) in Europe". Acta Universitatis Agriculturae et Silviculturae Mendelianae Brunensis. 52 (4): 17–24. doi:10.11118/actaun200452040017.