Stigmella prunetorum
{{short description|Species of moth}}
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| taxon = Stigmella prunetorum
| authority = (Stainton, 1855)
| synonyms =
- Nepticula prunetorum Stainton, 1855
- Nepticula dimidiatella Herrich-Schaffer, 1855
- Nepticula ligustrella Rossler, 1866
- Nepticula perpusillella Herrich-Schaffer, 1855
- Nepticula prunetella Doubleday, 1859 (unjustified emendation)
}}
Stigmella prunetorum is a moth of the family Nepticulidae. It is found in all of Europe (except Ireland, the Iberian Peninsula and the Mediterranean islands).{{cite journal|last=Kollár|first=Jan|author2=Hrubík Pavel |title=Insekti mineri na drvenastim biljkama u urbanim sredinama zapadne Slovačke|journal=Acta Entomologica Serbica|year=2009|volume=14|issue=1|pages=83–91|url=http://scindeks-clanci.ceon.rs/data/pdf/0354-9410/2009/0354-94100901083K.pdf|accessdate=26 August 2012}}{{cite journal|last1=van NIEUKERKEN|first1=Erik J.|title=A provisional phylogenetic check-list of the western palaearctic Nepticulidae, with data on hostplants (Lepidoptera)|journal=Insect Systematics & Evolution|volume=17|issue=1|year=1986|pages=1–24|issn=1399-560X|doi=10.1163/187631286X00099}}
The wingspan is 4.3-4.7 mm. Adults are on wing in May.
The larvae feed on Prunus armeniaca, Prunus avium, Prunus brigantina, Prunus cerasifera, Prunus cerasus, Prunus cocomilia, Prunus domestica, Prunus insititia, Prunus spinosa and Prunus triloba. They mine the leaves of their host plant.
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External links
- [http://www.bladmineerders.nl/minersf/lepidopteramin/stigmella/prunetorum/prunetorum.htm bladmineerders.nl] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120312142306/http://www.bladmineerders.nl/minersf/lepidopteramin/stigmella/prunetorum/prunetorum.htm |date=2012-03-12 }}
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20110622070401/http://www.faunaeur.org/full_results.php?id=357237 Fauna Europaea]
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Category:Moths described in 1855
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