- Stigmella assimilella
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Stigmella assimilella Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Arthropoda Class: Insecta Order: Lepidoptera Family: Nepticulidae Genus: Stigmella Species: S. assimilella Binomial name Stigmella assimilella
(Zeller, 1848)Synonyms - Nepticula assimilella Zeller, 1848
- Stigmella tremulaefoliella (Sorhagen, 1922)
Stigmella assimilella is a moth of the Nepticulidae family. It is found in most of Europe (except Ireland and the Balkan Peninsula), east through Russia to the eastern part of the Palearctic ecozone.
Stigmella assimilella mine
It's wingspan is 5–6 millimetres (0.20–0.24 in). The larvae mine the leaves of their host plant, which tyically includes species of Aspin including Populus alba, Populus canescens and Populus tremula.
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