Stigmella mespilicola

Stigmella mespilicola
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nepticulidae
Genus:	Stigmella
Species:	S. mespilicola
Binomial name
	Stigmella mespilicola; (Frey, 1856)
Synonyms
	Nepticula mespilicola Frey, 1856; Nepticula ariella Herrich-Schaffer, 1860;

Stigmella mespilicola is a moth of the family Nepticulidae. It is found from Germany to the Iberian Peninsula, Italy and Macedonia and from Great Britain to Ukraine.

Stigmella mespilicola mine

The larvae feed on , , , Sorbus aria and Sorbus torminalis. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine consists of a short, full depth, gradually widening corridor. The last section has the form of an elongated blotch. Pupation takes place outside of the mine.

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