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Stigmella prunetorum
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nepticulidae
Genus:	Stigmella
Species:	S. prunetorum
Binomial name
Stigmella prunetorum (Stainton, 1855)
Synonyms
Nepticula prunetorum Stainton, 1855 Nepticula dimidiatella Herrich-Schaffer, 1855 Nepticula ligustrella Rossler, 1866 Nepticula perpusillella Herrich-Schaffer, 1855 Nepticula prunetella Doubleday, 1859 (unjustified emendation)

Stigmella prunetorum is a moth of the family Nepticulidae. It is found in all of Europe (except Ireland, the Iberian Peninsula and the Mediterranean islands).

The wingspan is 4.3-4.7 mm. Adults are on wing in May.

The larvae feed on Prunus armeniaca, Prunus avium, Prunus brigantina, Prunus cerasifera, Prunus cerasus, Prunus cocomilia, Prunus domestica, Prunus insititia, Prunus spinosa and Prunus triloba. They mine the leaves of their host plant.

References

1. Kollár, Jan; Hrubík Pavel (2009). "Insekti mineri na drvenastim biljkama u urbanim sredinama zapadne Slovačke" (PDF). Acta Entomologica Serbica. 14 (1): 83–91. Retrieved 26 August 2012.
2. van NIEUKERKEN, Erik J. (1986). "A provisional phylogenetic check-list of the western palaearctic Nepticulidae, with data on hostplants (Lepidoptera)". Insect Systematics & Evolution. 17 (1): 1–24. doi:10.1163/187631286X00099. ISSN 1399-560X.

External links

• bladmineerders.nl Archived 2012-03-12 at the Wayback Machine
• Fauna Europaea

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