Stigmella poterii

Stigmella poterii
Stigmella poterii
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nepticulidae
Genus: Stigmella
Species: S. poterii
Binomial name
Stigmella poterii
(Stainton, 1857)
Synonyms
  • Nepticula poterii Stainton, 1857
  • Nepticula comari Wocke, 1862
  • Nepticula diffinis Wocke, 1874
  • Nepticula elisabethella Szocs, 1957
  • Nepticula geminella Frey, 1870
  • Nepticula occultella Heinemann, 1871
  • Nepticula palustrella Frey, 1870
  • Nepticula poteriella Doubleday, 1859
  • Nepticula serella Stainton, 1888
  • Nepticula tengstroemi Nolcken, 1871
  • Stigmella tengstroemi
  • Stigmella serella

Stigmella poterii is a moth of the Nepticulidae family. It is found from Fennoscandia to the Pyrenees and Italy, and from Ireland to Ukraine.

A leaf of Poterium sanguisorba with several mined leaflets
Larva

The wingspan is 3–5 mm.

The larvae feed on Filipendula ulmaria, Potentilla anserina, Potentilla erecta, Potentilla palustris, Potentilla tabernaemontani, Rubus arcticus, Rubus chamaemorus, Rubus saxatilis, Sanguisorba minor and Sanguisorba officinalis. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine consists of a short corridor. The first part is narrow and tends to follow a vein. The second part is considerably widened and often forms a secondary blotch.

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