Stigmella minusculella

Stigmella minusculella is a moth of the family Nepticulidae. It is found from Denmark and Latvia to the Pyrenees, Corsica, Italy and Crete, and from Great Britain to Ukraine. It is also present in North America, where it is found in Ohio, New Jersey and Ontario.

Mine

Mined pieces of pear leaves

Larva

Stigmella minusculella
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nepticulidae
Genus:	Stigmella
Species:	S. minusculella
Binomial name
Stigmella minusculella (Herrich-Schaffer, 1855)
Synonyms
Nepticula minusculella Herrich-Schaffer, 1855 Nepticula chalybeia Braun, 1914 Nepticula embonella Klimesch, 1978 Stigmella chalybeia (Braun, 1914)

The wingspan is 5–6 mm. There are two to three generations per year.

The larvae feed on Pyrus amygdaliformis, Pyrus communis, Pyrus elaeagrifolia and Pyrus spinosa. They mine the leaves of their host plant.

External links

• Fauna Europaea
• bladmineerders.nl Archived 2012-03-27 at the Wayback Machine
• A taxonomic revision of the North American species of Stigmella (Lepidoptera: Nepticulidae)