- Stigmella prunetorum
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Stigmella prunetorum Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Arthropoda Class: Insecta Order: Lepidoptera Family: Nepticulidae Genus: Stigmella Species: S. prunetorum Binomial name Stigmella prunetorum
(Stainton, 1855)Synonyms - Nepticula prunetorum Stainton, 1855
- Nepticula dimidiatella Herrich-Schaffer, 1855
- Nepticula ligustrella Rossler, 1866
- Nepticula perpusillella Herrich-Schaffer, 1855
- Nepticula prunetella Doubleday, 1859 (unjustified emendation)
Stigmella prunetorum is a moth of the Nepticulidae family. It is found in all of Europe (except the Ireland, the Iberian Peninsula and the Mediterranean Islands).
Stigmella prunetorum mine
The wingspan is 4.3-4.7 mm. Adults are on wing in May.
The larvae feed on Prunus armeniaca, Prunus avium, Prunus brigantina, Prunus cerasifera, Prunus cerasus, Prunus cocomilia, Prunus domestica, Prunus insititia, Prunus spinosa and Prunus triloba. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine consists of a corridor, running in several half or whole circles around the oviposition site. The last segment breaks loose, and mostly runs along the leaf margin.
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