Stigmella nivenburgensis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nepticulidae
Genus: Stigmella
Species:
S. nivenburgensis
Binomial name
Stigmella nivenburgensis
(Preissecker, 1942)
Synonyms
  • Nepticula nivenburgensis Preissecker, 1942

Stigmella nivenburgensis is a moth of the family Nepticulidae. It is found from Lithuania and central Russia to the Iberian Peninsula, Italy and Greece. It has also reported from Turkmenistan.

There are at least three generations on Rhodes.

The larvae feed on Salix alba, S. babylonica, Salix x fragilis, Salix x salamoniiโ€Š[lower-alpha 1] and S. triandra.[1] They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine consists of a slender corridor. Pupation takes place outside of the mine.

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References

  1. โ†‘ "European Lep: Nepticulidae". www.leafmines.co.uk. Retrieved 18 August 2022.


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