Stigmella prunifoliella

Stigmella prunifoliella
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nepticulidae
Genus:	Stigmella
Species:	S. prunifoliella
Binomial name
	Stigmella prunifoliella; (Clemens, 1861)
Synonyms
	Nepticula prunifoliella Clemens, 1862 ; Nepticula bifasciella Clemens, 1862 ; Stigmella bifasciella (Clemens, 1862) ; Nepticula serotinaeella Chambers, 1873 ;

Stigmella prunifoliella is a moth of the family Nepticulidae. It is found in North America in Pennsylvania, Ohio, New York, Kentucky and Ontario.

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The wingspan is 4–4.5 mm.

The larvae feed on Prunus species, including P. serotina, P. pensylvanica and P. nigra. They mine the leaves of their host plant.

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