Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Family Nepticulidae Scientific name Stigmella plagicolella | Phylum Arthropoda Order Lepidoptera Genus Stigmella Rank Species | |
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Similar Stigmella lemniscella, Stigmella microtheriella, Stigmella splendidissimella, Phyllonorycter spinicolella, Phyllonorycter oxyacanthae | ||
Stigmella plagicolella is a moth of the Nepticulidae family. It is found in all of Europe (except Iceland and Norway) and the Near East.
The wingspan is 4–5 mm. Adults are on wing from May to June and again in August.
The larvae feed on Malus domestica, Prunus armeniaca, Prunus avium, Prunus cerasifera, Prunus cerasifera var. pissardii, Prunus domestica, Prunus domestica insititia, Prunus mahaleb, Prunus mume, Prunus spinosa, Prunus subcordata and Prunus triloba. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The first part of the mine consists of a slender corridor with a wide uninterrupted frass line. After a moult this corridor abruptly widens into a blotch. Pupation takes place outside of the mine.
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