Stigmella vimineticola

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| taxon =Stigmella vimineticola

| authority = (Frey, 1856)

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  • Nepticula vimineticola Frey, 1856

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Stigmella vimineticola is a moth of the family Nepticulidae. It is found from Norway to Spain and Italy, and from France to Slovakia.{{cite web|title=Stigmella vimineticola (Insecta: Lepidoptera: Nepticulidae)|url=http://www2.nrm.se/en/svenska_fjarilar/s/stigmella_vimineticola.html|website=www2.nrm.se|accessdate=19 December 2016}}

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The larvae feed on the leaves of Salix eleagnos and Salix incana. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine they produce resembles the mine of Stigmella obliquella.{{cite web|title=Nepticuloidea|url=http://nepticuloidea4.myspecies.info/category/nepticuloidea/stigmella/stigmella-salicis-group/stigmella-vimineticola|website=nepticuloidea4.myspecies.info|accessdate=19 December 2016}}

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