Stigmella dryadella: taxon details and analytics

Domain
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Lepidoptera
Family
Nepticulidae
Genus
Stigmella
Species
Stigmella dryadella
Scientific Name
Stigmella dryadella

Summary description from Wikipedia:

Stigmella dryadella

Stigmella dryadella is a moth of the family Nepticulidae. It is found from Fennoscandia and northern Russia to the Pyrenees and Italy, and from Ireland to Romania.

The wingspan is 4.5-5.5 mm. The greyish-brown antennae are just over half the forewing length. The forewings have a basal greenish sheen, either side of the silvery transverse band they are brown with a purple sheen. The hindwings are grey.

The larvae feed on Dryas octopetala. They mine the leaves of their host plant.

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Stigmella dryadella in languages:

English
Mountain-avens Pigmy
German
Alpen-Zwergminierfalter
Swedish
fjällsippedvärgmal