Stigmella lapponica
| Stigmella lapponica | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nepticulidae |
| Genus: | Stigmella |
| Species: | S. lapponica |
| Binomial name | |
| Stigmella lapponica (Wocke, 1862) | |
| Synonyms | |
| |
Stigmella lapponica is a moth of the Nepticulidae family. It is found in most of Europe (except the Balkan Peninsula and the Mediterranean islands), east to the eastern part of the Palearctic ecozone.[1]
Stigmella lapponica mine
The wingspan is 5–7 mm. Adults are on wing in May. There is one generation per year.[2]
The larvae feed on Betula humilis, Betula nana, Betula pendula and Betula pubescens (including Betula pubescens carpatica). They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine consists of a slender corridor that hardly widens. The first part is filled with frass. The mine mostly follows a vein over a long distance, but the larva is capable of crossing thick veins, even the midrib.[3]
References
External links
- Swedish moths
- Stigmella lapponica images at Consortium for the Barcode of Life
This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 1/24/2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.