- Stigmella aurella
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Stigmella aurella 
Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Arthropoda Class: Insecta Order: Lepidoptera Family: Nepticulidae Genus: Stigmella Species: S. aurella Binomial name Stigmella aurella
(Fabricius, 1775)Synonyms - Tinea aurella Fabricius, 1775
- Nepticula albicomella Heinemann & Wocke, 1876
- Nepticula fragariella Heinemann, 1862
- Nepticula gei Wocke, 1871
- Nepticula nitens Fologne, 1862
- Stigmella fragariella
Stigmella aurella is a moth of the Nepticulidae family. It is found in southern Europe (south of the line Ireland to Ukraine). It is also found in the Near East and the eastern part of the Palearctic ecozone.
Stigmella aurella mine
The wingspan is 6–7 mm. Adults are on wing in May and later in the summer.
The larvae feed on Agrimonia eupatoria, Agrimonia procera, Aremonia agriminoides, Fragaria moschata, Fragaria vesca, Fragaria viridis, Geum rivale, Geum urbanum, Rubus caesius, Rubus dumetorum, Rubus fruticosus, Rubus idaeus, Rubus plicatus, Rubus sanguineus, Rubus saxatilis and Rubus ulmifolius. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine consists of corridor which is not widened at the end.
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