Stigmella dryadella is a moth of the family Nepticulidae. It is found from Fennoscandia and northern Russia to the Pyrenees and Italy, and from Ireland to Romania.
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nepticulidae |
| Genus: | Stigmella |
| Species: | S. dryadella |
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| Stigmella dryadella (O. Hofmann, 1868) | |
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The wingspan is 4.5-5.5 mm. The greyish-brown antennae are just over half the forewing length. The forewings have a basal greenish sheen, either side of the silvery transverse band they are brown with a purple sheen. The hindwings are grey.[1][2]
The larvae feed on Dryas octopetala. They mine the leaves of their host plant. [3]
References
edit- ↑ Zagulajev, A.K., 1987 Nepticulidae (Stigmellidae); in G.S. Medvedev (ed.): Keys to the insects of the europaean part of the USSR, Vol.IV: Lepidoptera, part 1 (english translation), Oxonian Press Pvt.Ltd., New Dehli, 1987
- ↑ lepiforum.de includes images
This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain. - ↑ Emmet, A. M., 1976. Nepticulidae. — In: J. Heath (ed.). The Moths and Butterflies of Great Britain and Ireland 1: 171—267, pls. 1—7, 11, 12.
External links
edit- Fauna Europaea
- bladmineerders.nl Archived 2012-03-27 at the Wayback Machine
- Swedish moths
- Stigmella dryadella images at Consortium for the Barcode of Life
- lepiforum.de
- insecta.pro
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