Stigmella betulicola
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nepticulidae |
| Genus: | Stigmella |
| Species: | S. betulicola |
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| Stigmella betulicola (Stainton, 1856) | |
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Stigmella betulicola is a moth of the family Nepticulidae. It is found in most of Europe (except Iceland, the Iberian Peninsula and most of the Balkan Peninsula), east to the eastern part of the Palearctic realm.
The wingspan is 3.4-4.6 mm.bronze-coloured moth. The antennae is filamentous, dark and barely half as long as the forewing. The innermost, greatly expanded joint is white. The head is yellow-haired, the body dark. The forewings are glistening, bronze-brown with a rather broad, silvery-white transverse band about two-thirds of the wing. The hind wing is narrow, gray, with long fringes. The species is very similar to several other Stigmella species and cannot be determined with certainty from external appearances alone.Genitalic preparation and microscopic examination is essential. Meyrick - The head in male is ochreous yellowish, in female more orange, collar light yellowish. Antennal eyecaps yellow -whitish. Forewings shining deep purplish bronze; a shining golden -silvery fascia about 3/4 apical area beyond this deep fuscous-purple. Hindwings grey.[1] [2]
Adults are on wing in May and again in August. There are two generations per year.
The larvae feed on Betula species, including Betula pubescens, Betula pendula, Betula humilis and Betula nana. They mine the leaves of their host. [3]
References
Content in this edit is translated from the existing Norwegian Wikipedia article at no:Stigmella betulicola; see its history for attribution.
- ^ Meyrick, E., 1895 A Handbook of British Lepidoptera MacMillan, London pdf
This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain. Keys and description
- ^ lepiforum.de includes images This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
- ^ Emmet, A. M., 1976. Nepticulidae. — In: J. Heath (ed.). The Moths and Butterflies of Great Britain and Ireland 1: 171—267, pls. 1—7, 11, 12.
External links
- bladmineerders.nl Archived 2012-02-27 at the Wayback Machine
- UKmoths
- Swedish moths
- Fauna Europaea
- Stigmella betulicola images at Consortium for the Barcode of Life