- Stigmella microtheriella
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Stigmella microtheriella 
Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Arthropoda Class: Insecta Order: Lepidoptera Family: Nepticulidae Genus: Stigmella Species: S. microtheriella Binomial name Stigmella microtheriella
(Stainton, 1854)Synonyms - Nepticula microtheriella Stainton, 1854
Stigmella microtheriella is a moth of the Nepticulidae family. It is found in all of Europe. It is also present in the eastern Palearctic ecozone and the Australian region, where it is found in New Zealand (it was introduced here from Britain around 1850).
Stigmella microtheriella mine
The wingspan is 3–4 mm. Adults are on wing in May and again in August.
The larvae feed on Corylus avellana and sometimes Carpinus betulus. Other recorded host are Carpinus orientalis, Corylus colurna, Corylus maxima, Ostrya carpinifolia and Ostrya virginiana. The mine the leaves of their host plant. The mines are narrow and often angular. Sometimes there can be several larvae mining the same leaf.
External links
- bladmineerders.nl
- UKmoths
- Fauna Europaea
- Fauna of New Zealand - Number 16: Nepticulidae (Insecta: Lepidoptera)
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