Stigmella catharticella
Stigmella catharticella is a moth of the family Nepticulidae. It is found in from Fennoscandia to the Pyrenees, Italy and Bulgaria, and from Ireland to Russia.
| Stigmella catharticella | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nepticulidae |
| Genus: | Stigmella |
| Species: | S. catharticella |
| Binomial name | |
| Stigmella catharticella (Stainton, 1853) | |
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The wingspan is 5–6 mm (0.20–0.24 in). The head is ferruginous-orange, collar whitish. Antennal eyecaps whitish. Posterior tarsi whitish, spotted with dark fuscous. Forewings are dark fuscous, faintly purple -tinged ; a roundish white tornal spot; outer half of cilia white. Hindwings grey.[1] Adults are on wing from May to June and again from July to September.
The larvae feed on Rhamnus catharticus. They mine the leaves of their host plant.
References
- Meyrick, E., 1895 A Handbook of British Lepidoptera MacMillan, London pdf This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain. Keys and description
External links
- Fauna Europaea
- bladmineerders.nl Archived 2012-03-12 at the Wayback Machine
- Swedish moths
- Norfolk moths
- Stigmella catharticella images at Consortium for the Barcode of Life
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