Stigmella nylandriella

Stigmella nylandriella
	Stigmella nylandriella mine, Trawscoed, North Wales
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nepticulidae
Genus:	Stigmella
Species:	S. nylandriella
Binomial name
	Stigmella nylandriella; (Tengström, 1848)
Synonyms
	Lyonetia nylandriella Tengström, 1848; Nepticula aucupariae Frey, 1857;

Stigmella nylandriella is a moth of the family Nepticulidae. It is found in all of Europe (except the Iberian Peninsula and the Balkan Peninsula), east to Russia, where it has been recorded from Bryansk, Murmansk, Karelia, Leningrad and Voronezh.

The wingspan is 4–5 mm. The head is ferruginous yellowish to brown, collar whitish. Antennal eyecaps whitish. Forewings light shining ochreous-grey, apex somewhat darker. Hindwings pale grey.^[1] Adults are on wing in May and June.

The larvae feed on Sorbus aria, Sorbus aucuparia and Sorbus domestica. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine consists of a long, gradually widening corridor that often closely follows the leaf margin for a long distance. At first, the frass is concentrated in a broad central line, but becomes coiled later.

Etymology

The name honours William Nylander.

References

^ Meyrick, E., 1895 A Handbook of British Lepidoptera MacMillan, London

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[1] Meyrick, E., 1895 A Handbook of British Lepidoptera MacMillan, London

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