Stigmella mespilicola: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Lepidoptera
- Family
- Nepticulidae
- Genus
- Stigmella
- Species
- Stigmella mespilicola
- Scientific Name
- Stigmella mespilicola
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Stigmella mespilicola
Stigmella mespilicola is a moth of the family Nepticulidae. It is found from Germany to the Iberian Peninsula, Italy and Macedonia and from Great Britain to Ukraine.
The larvae feed on Amelachier parviflora, Cotoneaster racemiflorus, Cotoneaster salicifolia, Sorbus aria and Sorbus torminalis. They mine the leaves of their host plant.
...Stigmella mespilicola in languages:
- Dutch
- Elsbesmineermot
- English
- Wild-service Pigmy
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