Stigmella cocciferae
| Stigmella cocciferae | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nepticulidae |
| Genus: | Stigmella |
| Species: | S. cocciferae
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| Binomial name | |
| Stigmella cocciferae van Nieukerken & Johansson, 2003
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Stigmella cocciferae is a moth of the family Nepticulidae. It is found from Greece to Turkey and Israel.
The wingspan is 4.9–7 mm. Adults are on wing from April to July and again from September to October.
The larvae feed on Quercus coccifera. They mine the leaves of their host plant.
External links
[edit]- Fauna Europaea
- bladmineerders.nl
- The Quercus Feeding Stigmella Species Of The West Palaearctic: New Species, Key And Distribution (Lepidoptera: Nepticulidae)
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