Stigmella salicis

Stigmella salicis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nepticulidae
Genus: Stigmella
Species: S. salicis
Binomial name
Stigmella salicis
(Stainton, 1854)
Synonyms
  • Nepticula salicis Stainton, 1854
  • Nepticula arbusculae Klimesch, 1951
  • Nepticula auritella Skala, 1939
  • Nepticula dewitziella Sorhagen, 1885
  • Nepticula libiezi Dufrane, 1949
  • Nepticula salicella Herrich-Schaffer, 1855
  • Nepticula salicivorella Doubleday, 1859
  • Nepticula uniformis Heinemann, 1871

Stigmella salicis is a moth of the Nepticulidae family. It is found in all of Europe (except Iceland and Greece), east to the eastern part of the Palearctic ecozone.[1]

Stigmella salicis mine

The wingspan is 4–6 millimetres (0.16–0.24 in). Adults are on wing from April to May and again from July to August.

The larvae feed on Myrica gale, Salix alba, Salix atrocinerea, Salix aurita, Salix babylonica, Salix caprea, Salix cinerea, Salix daphnoides, Salix fragilis, Salix lanata, Salix pentandra, Salix purpurea, Salix repens, Salix silesiaca, Salix triandra and Salix viminalis. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine consists of a variable corridor. It is mostly strongly contorted, sometimes even forming a secondary blotch. The frass line is broad, especially in the first half of the mine.[2]

References

  1. "Stigmella salicis (Stainton, 1854)". 2.6.2. Fauna Europaea. August 29, 2013. Retrieved November 19, 2013.
  2. "Stigmella salicis (Stainton, 1854)". Bladmineerders.nl. Retrieved March 25, 2010.


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