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Stigmella zelkoviella

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Stigmella zelkoviella
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nepticulidae
Genus: Stigmella
Species:
S. zelkoviella
Binomial name
Stigmella zelkoviella
Kemperman & Wilkinson, 1985

Stigmella zelkoviella is a moth of the family Nepticulidae. It is only known from Kyushu in Japan.

Adults are on wing from the end of April. There are probably two to three generations per year.

The larvae feed on Zelkova serrata. They mine the leaves of their host plant.

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