Stigmella quercipulchella
Stigmella quercipulchella is a moth of the family Nepticulidae. It is found in North America in Kentucky, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Illinois and Ontario.
Mine
| Stigmella quercipulchella | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nepticulidae |
| Genus: | Stigmella |
| Species: | S. quercipulchella |
| Binomial name | |
| Stigmella quercipulchella (Chambers, 1878) | |
| Synonyms | |
| |
There are two generations per year.
The larvae feed on Quercus species, including Q. palustris, Q. marilandica and Q. rubra. They mine the leaves of their host plant.
External links
- Nepticulidae of North America
- Newton, Philip J.; Wilkinson, Christopher (1982). "A taxonomic revision of the North American species of Stigmella (Lepidoptera: Nepticulidae)". Systematic Entomology. 7 (4): 367–463. doi:10.1111/j.1365-3113.1982.tb00455.x.
- Stonis, Jonas R.; Diškus, Arūnas; Remeikis, Andrius; Navickaitė, Asta; Rocienė, Agnė (2013). "Description of new species of oak leaf-miners (Lepidoptera: Nepticulidae), with notes on the species groups of Stigmella Schrank associated with Quercus as a host-plant". Zootaxa. 3737 (3): 201–22. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3737.3.1. PMID 25112750.
- Stonis, Jonas R.; Diškus, Arūnas; Remeikis, Andrius; Schuster, Jack (2013). "First discovery of Quercus feeding Nepticulidae (Lepidoptera) in Central America". Zootaxa. 3737: 1–23. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3737.1.1. PMID 25112733.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.