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Stigmella thuringiaca

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Species of moth

Stigmella thuringiaca
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nepticulidae
Genus: Stigmella
Species: S. thuringiaca
Binomial name
Stigmella thuringiaca
(Petry, 1904)
Synonyms
  • Nepticula thuringiaca Petry, 1904
  • Nepticula nickerli Rebel in Nickerl, 1908

Stigmella thuringiaca is a moth of the family Nepticulidae. It is found from Germany, Poland and central Russia to the Iberian Peninsula and Italy. It is not found on the Balkan Peninsula.

The larvae feed on Agrimonia eupatoria, Filipendula, Fragaria moschata, Fragaria vesca, Fragaria viridis, Potentilla tabernaemontani and Sanguisorba minor. They mine the leaves of their host plant.

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Stigmella thuringiaca


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