Stigmella corylifoliella

Stigmella corylifoliella is a moth of the family Nepticulidae. It is found in North America in Ohio, New Jersey, Maine, Michigan, Kentucky, California, Pennsylvania, Maryland, North Carolina, Ontario, New Brunswick, Quebec and British Columbia.

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Stigmella corylifoliella
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Nepticulidae
Genus:
Stigmella
Species:
S. corylifoliella
Binomial name
Stigmella corylifoliella
(Clemens, 1861)
Synonyms
  • Nepticula corylifoliella Clemens, 1862
  • Nepticula virginiella Clemens, 1862
  • Nepticula minimella Chambers, 1873 (not Nepticula minimella (Rebel, 1926))
  • Nepticula opulifoliella Braun, 1914
  • Nepticula paludicola Braun, 1917
  • Nepticula exasperata Braun, 1930

The wingspan is 3.5 mm.

The larvae feed on a wide range of plants, including Vaccinium, Corylus (including Corylus americana), Opulaster, Betula, Gaylussacia, Hamamelis virginiana and Alnus rugasa var. americana. They mine the leaves of their host plant.

The Hodges number of this moth is 0092.[1]

References
  1. "Species Stigmella corylifoliella - Hodges#0092 - BugGuide.Net". bugguide.net. Retrieved 2020-04-27.


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