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Stigmella sakhalinella

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Stigmella sakhalinella
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nepticulidae
Genus: Stigmella
Species:
S. sakhalinella
Binomial name
Stigmella sakhalinella
Puplesis, 1984
Synonyms
  • Stigmella discidia Schoorl & Wilkinson, 1986

Stigmella sakhalinella is a moth of the family Nepticulidae. It is found from Scandinavia to the Pyrenees, Italy and Serbia, and from Great Britain to central Russia, east to the eastern part of the Palearctic realm. It is also found in the Near East.

The wingspan is 4-4.6 mm. Adults are on wing in May and again from July to August.

The larvae feed on Betula pendula, Betula pubescens and Betula utilis. They mine the leaves of their host plant. Pupation takes place outside of the mine.

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