Stigmella minusculella: Difference between revisions - Wikipedia

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{{Short description|Species of moth}}

{{Taxobox

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| image = Stigmella_minusculella.JPG

| binomialtaxon = ''Stigmella minusculella''▼

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| binomial_authorityauthority = (Herrich-Schaffer, 1855)▼

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| regnum = [[Animal]]ia

| phylum = [[Arthropod]]a

| classis = [[Insect]]a

| ordo = [[Lepidoptera]]

| cohorto = [[Myoglossata]]

| subcohorto = [[Neolepidoptera]]

| familia = [[Nepticulidae]]

| genus = ''[[Stigmella (lepidoptera)|Stigmella]]''

| species = '''''S. minusculella'''''

▲| binomial = ''Stigmella minusculella''

▲| binomial_authority = (Herrich-Schaffer, 1855)

| synonyms =

*''Nepticula minusculella'' <small>Herrich-Schaffer, 1855</small>

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*''Nepticula embonella'' <small>Klimesch, 1978</small>

*''Stigmella chalybeia'' <small>(Braun, 1914)</small>

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'''''Stigmella minusculella''''' is a [[moth]] of the family [[Nepticulidae]] family. It is found from [[Denmark]] and [[Latvia]] to the [[Pyrenees]], [[Corsica]], [[Italy]] and [[Crete]], and from [[Great Britain]] to [[Ukraine]]. It is also present in North America, where it is found in [[Ohio]], [[New Jersey]] and [[Ontario]].

[[Image:Stigmella minusculella mine.JPG|thumb|left|200px|Mine]]

[[Image:Stigmella minusculella mined pieces of pear leaves.JPG|thumb|left|200px|Mined pieces of pear leaves]]

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The [[wingspan]] is 5–6&nbsp;mm. There are two to three generations per year.

The larvae feed on ''[[Pyrus amygdaliformis]]'', ''[[Pyrus communis]]'', ''[[Pyrus elaeagrifolia]]'' and ''[[Pyrus spinosa]]''. They [[Leaf miner|mine the leaves]] of their host plant. The mine consists of a slightly contorted corridor, usually not forming a secondary blotch. The [[frass]] line is very narrow, especially in the first section of the mine.

==External links==

{{Commons category|Stigmella minusculella}}

*[https://web.archive.org/web/20110622072957/http://www.faunaeur.org/full_results.php?id=357302 Fauna Europaea]

*[http://www.bladmineerders.nl/minersf/lepidopteramin/stigmella/minusculella/minusculella.htm bladmineerders.nl]

*[http://www.bladmineerders.nl/minersf/lepidopteramin/stigmella/minusculella/minusculella.htm bladmineerders.nl] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120327102508/http://www.bladmineerders.nl/minersf/lepidopteramin/stigmella/minusculella/minusculella.htm |date=2012-03-27 }}

*[https://archive.today/20121205023242/http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/journal/120046208/abstract?CRETRY=1&SRETRY=0 A taxonomic revision of the North American species of Stigmella (Lepidoptera: Nepticulidae)]

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[[Category:Nepticulidae]]

[[Category:Moths of Europe]]

[[Category:InsectsMoths of EuropeNorth America]]

[[Category:InsectsMoths ofdescribed Turkeyin 1855]]