| Stigmella roborella | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nepticulidae |
| Genus: | Stigmella |
| Species: | S. roborella
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| Binomial name | |
| Stigmella roborella (Johansson, 1971)
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Stigmella roborella is a moth of the family Nepticulidae. It is found throughout Europe and in south-west Asia. In Europe, it has been recorded from nearly every country, except Albania, Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Ireland, Moldova, Portugal, Romania and Yugoslavia.2 It has recently been recorded from Georgia, Macedonia and Turkey.
The wingspan is 5–7 millimetres (0.20–0.28 in). Adults are on wing from April to September.3
The larvae feed on Quercus castaneifolia, Quercus cerris, Quercus petraea, Quercus pubescens, Quercus robur and Quercus rubra. They mine the leaves of their host plant.4
References
References
- Johansson, Roland (1971). "Notes on Nepticulidae (Lepidoptera) I: A Revision of the Nepticula ruficapitella Group". Entomologica Scandinavica. 2 (4): 241–262. doi:10.1163/187631271X00257.
- "Stigmella roborella (Johansson, 1971)". 2.6.2. Fauna Europaea. August 29, 2013. Archived from the original on June 10, 2015. Retrieved November 19, 2013.
- "Stigmella roborella". UK Moths. Retrieved November 19, 2013.
- "Stigmella roborella (Johansson, 1971)". Bladmineerders.nl. Retrieved March 24, 2010.
Further reading
Further reading
- Johansson, R.; van Nieukerken, E. J. (2003). "The Quercus Feeding Stigmella Species of the West Palaearctic: New Species, Key and Distribution (Lepidoptera: Nepticulidae)" (PDF). Tijdschrift voor Entomologie. 146 (2): 307–370. doi:10.1163/22119434-900000129.