Biology:Stigmella populnea

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Short description: Species of moth

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

Stigmella populnea is a moth of the family Nepticulidae.[1][2] It is only known from Hokkaido in Japan .

The larvae feed on Populus nigra. They mine the leaves of their host plant.

References

  1. (in en) Insecta Matsumurana. Entomological Institute, Hokkaido Imperial University. 1985. pp. 13. https://books.google.com/books?id=V3MjAQAAMAAJ. 
  2. Nieukerken, Erik van; Doorenweerd, Camiel; Hoare, Robert; Davis, Donald (2016-10-31). "Revised classification and catalogue of global Nepticulidae and Opostegidae (Lepidoptera, Nepticuloidea)" (in en). ZooKeys (628): 65–246. doi:10.3897/zookeys.628.9799. ISSN 1313-2970. PMID 27917038. PMC 5126388. https://zookeys.pensoft.net/article/9799/. 

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q7616791 entry