Stigmella cocciferae

Stigmella cocciferae is a moth of the family Nepticulidae. It is found from Greece to Turkey and Israel.

Stigmella cocciferae
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nepticulidae
Genus:	Stigmella
Species:	S. cocciferae
Binomial name
Stigmella cocciferae van Nieukerken & Johansson, 2003

The wingspan is 4.9–7 mm. Adults are on wing from April to July and again from September to October.

The larvae feed on Quercus coccifera. They mine the leaves of their host plant.

External links

• Fauna Europaea
• bladmineerders.nl
• The Quercus Feeding Stigmella Species Of The West Palaearctic: New Species, Key And Distribution (Lepidoptera: Nepticulidae)