Stigmella nylandriella

Stigmella nylandriella
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nepticulidae
Genus:	Stigmella
Species:	S. nylandriella
Binomial name
	Stigmella nylandriella; (Tengström, 1848)
Synonyms
	Lyonetia nylandriella Tengström, 1848; Nepticula aucupariae Frey, 1857;

Stigmella nylandriella is a moth of the family Nepticulidae. It is found in all of Europe (except the Iberian Peninsula and the Balkan Peninsula), east to Russia, where it has been recorded from Bryansk, Murmansk, Karelia, Leningrad and Voronezh.

The wingspan is 4–5 mm. The head is ferruginous yellowish to brown, collar whitish. Antennal eyecaps whitish. Forewings light shining ochreous-grey, apex somewhat darker. Hindwings pale grey.^[1] Adults are on wing in May and June.

The larvae feed on Sorbus aria, Sorbus aucuparia and Sorbus domestica. They mine the leaves of their host plant.

Etymology

The name honours William Nylander.

References

^ Meyrick, E., 1895 A Handbook of British Lepidoptera MacMillan, London This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

External links

Fauna Europaea
bladmineerders.nl Archived 2012-03-27 at the Wayback Machine
Swedish moths
UKmoths
Stigmella nylandriella images at Consortium for the Barcode of Life
Nepticulidae from the Volga and Ural region
lepiforum.de

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[1] Meyrick, E., 1895 A Handbook of British Lepidoptera MacMillan, London This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

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