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Stigmella minusculella

Synonyms: Nepticula chalybeia (heterotypic); Nepticula embonella (heterotypic); Nepticula minusculella (homotypic); Stigmella chalybeia

Wikipedia Abstract

Stigmella minusculella is a moth of the Nepticulidae family. It is found from Denmark and Latvia to the Pyrenees, Corsica, Italy and Crete, and from Great Britain to Ukraine. It is also present in North America, where it is found in Ohio, New Jersey and Ontario. The wingspan is 5–6 mm. There are two to three generations per year.
View Wikipedia Record: Stigmella minusculella

Prey / Diet

Pyrus communis (common pear)[1]
Pyrus spinosa[2]

External References

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Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants Gaden S. Robinson, Phillip R. Ackery, Ian J. Kitching, George W. Beccaloni AND Luis M. Hernández
♦ 2Biological Records Centre Database of Insects and their Food Plants
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0