| Stigmella myrtillella | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nepticulidae |
| Genus: | Stigmella |
| Species: | S. myrtillella |
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| Stigmella myrtillella (Stainton, 1857) | |
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Stigmella myrtillella is a moth of the family Nepticulidae. It is found from Fennoscandia and northern Russia to the Pyrenees, Italy and Bulgaria, and from Ireland to Ukraine.
The wingspan is 5,4-6,3 mm. The head is ferruginous-yellowish, the collar paler. The antennal eyecaps are whitish. The forewings are dark fuscous, faintly purple-tinged with a rather oblique somewhat shining whitish fascia beyond middle. The outer half of cilia ochreous-white. The hindwings are light grey.
Adults are on wing in May and June.
The larvae feed on Vaccinium myrtillus and Vaccinium uliginosum. They mine the leaves of their host plant.
References
- Meyrick, E., 1895 A Handbook of British Lepidoptera MacMillan, London
- lepiforum.de includes images
This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
- Emmet, A. M., 1976. Nepticulidae. — In: J. Heath (ed.). The Moths and Butterflies of Great Britain and Ireland 1: 171—267, pls. 1—7, 11, 12.
External links
- Fauna Europaea
- bladmineerders.nl
- Swedish moths
- Stigmella myrtillella images at Consortium for the Barcode of Life
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| Stigmella myrtillella |
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