- Stigmella vimineticola
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Stigmella vimineticola Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Arthropoda Class: Insecta Order: Lepidoptera Family: Nepticulidae Genus: Stigmella Species: S. vimineticola Binomial name Stigmella vimineticola
(Frey, 1856)Synonyms - Nepticula vimineticola Frey, 1856
Stigmella vimineticola is a moth of the Nepticulidae family. It is found from Norway to Spain and Italy, and from France to Slovakia.
The larvae feed on the leaves of Salix eleagnos and Salix incana. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine they produce resembles the mine of Stigmella obliquella.
External links
- Fauna Europaea[dead link]
- (Dutch) bladmineerders.nl
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