Stigmella crenulatae

Stigmella crenulatae
Stigmella crenulatae
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nepticulidae
Genus: Stigmella
Species: S. crenulatae
Binomial name
Stigmella crenulatae
(Klimesch, 1975)
Synonyms
  • Nepticula crenulatae Klimesch, 1975

Stigmella crenulatae is a moth of the Nepticulidae family. It is found on the Canary Islands and the Iberian Peninsula.

The larvae feed on Rhamnus crenulata and Rhamnus lycioides. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine consists of a slender corridor, mostly partly following the leaf margin. The corridor widens in the end into a small blotch. The frass is concentrated in a broad central line.

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