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Stigmella tityrella

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Stigmella tityrella
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S. tityrella
Binomial name
Stigmella tityrella
(Stainton, 1854)
Synonyms
  • Nepticula tityrella Stainton, 1854
  • Nepticula castanella Stainton, 1859
  • Nepticula turicella Herrich-Schaffer, 1855
  • Nepticula turicensis Frey, 1856

Stigmella tityrella is a moth of the Nepticulidae family. It is found in all of Europe, except the European part of Russia.

Stigmella tityrella mine

The wingspan is 5–6 mm. Adults are on wing from April to May and again from July to August. There are two generations per year.

The larvae feed on Fagus sylvatica. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine consists of a corridor that does not widen much and zigzags between two lateral veins in the direction of the leaf margin.

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