Stigmella speciosa

Stigmella speciosa
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nepticulidae
Genus:	Stigmella
Species:	S. speciosa
Binomial name
Stigmella speciosa (Frey, 1857)
Synonyms
Nepticula speciosa Frey, 1857 Nepticula pseudoplatanella Weber, 1937

Stigmella speciosa is a moth of the Nepticulidae family. It is found from Denmark to the Iberian Peninsula, Italy and Greece, and from Great Britain to Ukraine.

Stigmella speciosa mine

The wingspan is 4–5 mm. Adults are on wing from May to August.

The larvae feed on Acer monsspessulanum, Acer obtusatum, Acer opalus, Acer pseudoplatanus and Acer sempervirens. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine consists of a full depth corridor which is variable in length and width.

External links

• bladmineerders.nl
• UKmoths
• Fauna Europaea

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