Stigmella continuella

Stigmella continuella
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nepticulidae
Genus: Stigmella
Species: S. continuella
Binomial name
Stigmella continuella
(Stainton, 1856)
Synonyms
  • Nepticula continuella Stainton, 1856
  • Stigmella uigurica Puplesis, 1985

Stigmella continuella is a moth of the Nepticulidae family. It is found from Fennoscandia to the Pyrenees, Alps and Hungary, and from Ireland to central Russia and Ukraine, east to the eastern part of the Palearctic ecozone.

The wingspan is 4–5 mm. Adults are on wing from May to August.

The larvae feed on Betula nana, Betula pendula and Betula pubescens. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine consists of a slender corridor. The first part is strongly contorted. The leaf tissue that is cut off is killed, resulting in a brown spot. Pupation takes place outside of the mine.


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