Stigmella vandrieli

Stigmella vandrieli
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nepticulidae
Genus: Stigmella
Species: S. vandrieli
Binomial name
Stigmella vandrieli
van Nieukerken & Y.Q. Liu, 2000

Stigmella vandrieli is a moth of the Nepticulidae family. It is only known from Yunnan, China.

The wingspan is 4.9-5.6 mm. Larvae have been found in October, adults were reared in October and November.

The larvae feed on Cyclobalanopsis glaucoides. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine consists of a contorted gallery, first filled with black frass, later with dispersed black frass, leaving narrow clear margins.


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