Stigmella ulmivora

Stigmella ulmivora
Stigmella ulmivora
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nepticulidae
Genus: Stigmella
Species: S. ulmivora
Binomial name
Stigmella ulmivora
(Fologne, 1860)
Synonyms
  • Nepticula ulmivora Fologne, 1860
  • Nepticula ulmicola Hering, 1932
  • Nepticula ulmifoliae Hering, 1931

Stigmella ulmivora is a moth of the Nepticulidae family. It is found in all of Europe, except the Balkan Peninsula.

The wingspan is 4–5 mm. Adults are usually on wing in May in one generation, but there might be a second generation depending on the location.

The larvae feed on Ulmus glabra, Ulmus laevis, Ulmus minor and Ulmus pumila. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine consists of a slender corridor. In the first segment, the frass is concentrated in a narrow central line. The frass pattern in the later segment is very variable, ranging from a narrow central line to broadly dispersed or even coiled.

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