Stigmella dryadella
Appearance
Stigmella dryadella | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Nepticulidae |
Genus: | Stigmella |
Species: | S. dryadella
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Binomial name | |
Stigmella dryadella (O. Hofmann, 1868)
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Stigmella dryadella is a moth of the family Nepticulidae. It is found from Fennoscandia and northern Russia to the Pyrenees and Italy, and from Ireland to Romania.
The wingspan is 4.5-5.5 mm.
The larvae feed on Dryas octopetala. They mine the leaves of their host plant.