Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Family Nepticulidae Scientific name Stigmella magdalenae | Phylum Arthropoda Order Lepidoptera Genus Stigmella Rank Species | |
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Similar Stigmella myrtillella, Stigmella betulicola, Stigmella alnetella, Stigmella poterii, Stigmella confusella | ||
Stigmella magdalenae is a moth of the Nepticulidae family. It is found from Scandinavia and Finland to the Pyrenees, Italy and Bulgaria, and from Ireland to central Russia and Ukraine.
The wingspan is 4–5 mm. Adults are on wing in July.
The larvae feed on Amelanchier ovalis, Amelanchier spicata, Cotoneaster integerrimus, Malus sylvestris, Sorbus aucuparia and Sorbus torminalis. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine consists of a narrow corridor. It sometimes follows the leaf margin for a while, more often it is found along a major vein. The frass is concentrated in a narrow, regularly interrupted central line.
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