Stigmella muricatella

Stigmella muricatella is a moth of the family Nepticulidae. It is found in Greece and Turkey, east to the eastern part of the Palearctic ecozone and the Near East.

Stigmella muricatella
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Stigmella
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S. muricatella
Binomial name
Stigmella muricatella
(Klimesch, 1978)
Synonyms
  • Nepticula muricatella Klimesch, 1978

The larvae feed on Sanguisorba minor muricata. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine starts as a very delicate corridor, but gets broader gradually over time. The mine follows the leaf margin eventually expanding over a good part of the leaflet. Small leaflets are completely mined out. Pupation takes place outside of the mine.


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