Stigmella carpinella: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Lepidoptera
- Family
- Nepticulidae
- Genus
- Stigmella
- Species
- Stigmella carpinella
- Scientific Name
- Stigmella carpinella
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Stigmella carpinella
Stigmella carpinella is a moth of the family Nepticulidae. It is found in from Sweden to Belgium, the Alps, Croatia and Bulgaria, and from Great Britain to Ukraine.
The wingspan is 5–6 mm. Adults are on wing at the end of April.
The larvae feed on Carpinus betulus, Carpinus orientalis and Ostrya carpinifolia. They mine the leaves of their host plant.
...Stigmella carpinella in languages:
- Dutch
- Haagbeukmineermot
- English
- Hornbeam Pigmy
- Swedish
- avenboksdvärgmal
- Ukrainian
- Стигмочка грабова
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