Stigmella intermedia

Stigmella intermedia
Stigmella intermedia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nepticulidae
Genus: Stigmella
Species: S. intermedia
Binomial name
Stigmella intermedia
(Braun, 1917)
Synonyms
  • Nepticula intermedia Braun, 1917

Stigmella intermedia is a moth of the Nepticulidae family. It is found in Ohio, Arkansas, Kentucky and Ontario.

Mine

The wingspan is 3-3.5 mm. Usually there are but two generations per year, with larvae maturing in July and overwintering, but occasionally a third generation appears.

The larvae feed on Rhus typhina and Rhus aromatica. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The loosened epidermis is bright green at first, later yellowish, and is marked by a broad blackish frass line nearly as broad as the mine. The larvae are very bright green.

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