Stigmella centifoliella

Stigmella centifoliella
Stigmella centifoliella
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nepticulidae
Genus: Stigmella
Species: S. centifoliella
Binomial name
Stigmella centifoliella
(Zeller, 1848)
Synonyms
  • Nepticula centifoliella Zeller, 1848
  • Nepticula hodgkinsoni Stainton, 1884

Stigmella centifoliella is a moth of the Nepticulidae family. It is found from Scandinavia to the Iberian Peninsula, Italy, Albania and Greece, and from Great Britain to Ukraine. It is also present in North Africa.

Mined rose leaf
Larva

The wingspan is 4–6 mm. Adults are on wing from July to October.

The larvae feed on Rosa acicularis, Rosa x bifera, Rosa canina, Rosa centifolia, Rosa glauca, Rosa "Hybrida", Rosa jundzillii, Rosa majalis, Rosa multiflora, Rosa pendulina, Rosa phoenicea, Rosa pimpinellifolia, Rosa rubiginosa, Rosa soulieana, Rosa tomentosa, Rosa wichuriana, Sanguisorba hybrida, Sanguisorba minor and Sanguisorba officinalis. Larvae have also been reared from Alchemilla species. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine consists of a long sinuous gallery, often with a hairpin turn. The frass in the first part of the corridor is concentrated in a central line, leaving a clear zone at either side.

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