Stigmella corylifoliella is a moth of the family Nepticulidae, described by the American entomologist, James Brackenridge Clemens in 1861. It is found in North America in Ohio, New Jersey, Maine, Michigan, Kentucky, California, Pennsylvania, Maryland, North Carolina, Ontario, New Brunswick, Quebec and British Columbia.
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Nepticulidae |
Genus: | Stigmella |
Species: | S. corylifoliella
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Binomial name | |
Stigmella corylifoliella (Clemens, 1861)
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The wingspan is 3.5 mm.
The larvae are leaf miners, feeding on a wide range of plants, including Vaccinium, Corylus (including Corylus americana), Opulaster, Betula, Gaylussacia, Hamamelis virginiana and Alnus rugosa var. americana. They mine the leaves of their host plant.
The Hodges number of this moth is 0092.[1]
References
edit- ^ "Species Stigmella corylifoliella - Hodges#0092 - BugGuide.Net". bugguide.net. Retrieved 2020-04-27.
External links
edit- Nepticulidae of North America
- A taxonomic revision of the North American species of Stigmella (Lepidoptera: Nepticulidae)