Biology:Stigmella corylifoliella

Short description: Species of moth

Stigmella corylifoliella
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nepticulidae
Genus:	Stigmella
Species:	S. corylifoliella
Binomial name
Stigmella corylifoliella (Clemens, 1861)
Synonyms
List Nepticula corylifoliella Clemens, 1862 Nepticula virginiella Clemens, 1862 Nepticula minimella Chambers, 1873 (not Nepticula minimella (Rebel, 1926)) Nepticula opulifoliella Braun, 1914 Nepticula paludicola Braun, 1917 Nepticula exasperata Braun, 1930

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.

Mine

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.

External links

• Nepticulidae of North America
• A taxonomic revision of the North American species of Stigmella (Lepidoptera: Nepticulidae)

Wikidata ☰ Q7616594 entry