Genus Stigmella Rank Species | ||
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Similar Stigmella lemniscella, Stigmella incognitella, Stigmella alnetella, Stigmella betulicola, Stigmella confusella | ||
Stigmella hybnerella is a moth of the Nepticulidae family. It is found in all of Europe. It is also found in North Africa, the Near East and the eastern part of the Palearctic ecozone.
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Description
Males of the species have a black head and golden-green coloured forewing. Females have black heads too, but sometimes orange. The wingspan is 4–5 millimetres (0.16–0.20 in). Adults are on wing from April to May and again from July to August. There are two generations per year.
Ecology
The larvae feed on Amelanchier ovalis, Cotoneaster, Crataegus laevigata, Crataegus monogyna, Crataegus pentagyna, Sorbus aria and Sorbus torminalis. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine consists of a slender corridor, with a relatively broad, continuous, frass line, that always leaves a clear margin at either side. This corridor winds freely through the leaf. This initial corridor widens into a blotch that mostly lies along the leaf margin. Pupation takes place outside of the mine.