Stigmella desperatella
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- Nepticula desperatella Frey, 1856
- Nepticula pyricola Wocke, 1877
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Stigmella desperatella is a moth of the family Nepticulidae. It is found from Estonia to the Pyrenees, Italy and Bulgaria, and from Great Britain to Ukraine.
Image:Stigmella desperatella BE-MK-1669a.jpg
The wingspan is 4–5 mm. Adults are on wing in June.
The larvae feed on Malus baccata, Malus domestica, Malus sylvestris and Pyrus communis. They mine the leaves of their host plant.
External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20110622072618/http://www.faunaeur.org/full_results.php?id=357306 Fauna Europaea]
- [http://www.bladmineerders.nl/minersf/lepidopteramin/stigmella/desperatella/desperatella.htm bladmineerders.nl] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120327102323/http://www.bladmineerders.nl/minersf/lepidopteramin/stigmella/desperatella/desperatella.htm |date=2012-03-27 }}
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Category:Moths described in 1856
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