Stigmella microtheriella facts for kids
Quick facts for kids Stigmella microtheriella |
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Nepticulidae
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Stigmella
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S. microtheriella
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| Stigmella microtheriella (Stainton, 1854)
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Stigmella microtheriella is a moth of the family Nepticulidae. It is found in all of Europe. It is also present in the eastern Palearctic realm and the Australasian realm, where it is found in New Zealand (it was introduced here from Britain around 1850).
The wingspan is 3–4 millimetres (0.12–0.16 in).The head is ochreous-yellowish, collar ochreous-whitish. Antennal eyecaps ochreous-whitish. Forewings purplish-fuscous ; a rather oblique shining whitish fascia beyond middle ; apical area beyond this darker and more purple. Hindwings grey. Adults are on wing in May and again in August.
The larvae feed on hazel (Corylus avellana) and sometimes hornbeam (Carpinus betulus). Other recorded host are Carpinus orientalis, Corylus colurna, Corylus maxima, Ostrya carpinifolia and Ostrya virginiana. They mine the leaves of their host plant which are narrow and often angular. Sometimes there can be several larvae mining the same leaf.
