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Stigmella ulmiphaga

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Species of moth

Stigmella ulmiphaga
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nepticulidae
Genus: Stigmella
Species: S. ulmiphaga
Binomial name
Stigmella ulmiphaga
(Preissecker, 1942)
Synonyms
  • Nepticula ulmiphaga Preissecker, 1942

Stigmella ulmiphaga is a moth of the family Nepticulidae. It is found in central Europe (Austria, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Slovakia) and Greece. It is also known from Turkmenistan.

The larvae feed on Ulmus species. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine is very similar to the mines of Stigmella ulmivora and Stigmella kazakhstanica.

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Taxon identifiers
Stigmella ulmiphaga


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