Stigmella vimineticola

Stigmella vimineticola
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nepticulidae
Genus:	Stigmella
Species:	S. vimineticola
Binomial name
	Stigmella vimineticola; (Frey, 1856)
Synonyms
	Nepticula vimineticola Frey, 1856;

Stigmella vimineticola is a moth of the family Nepticulidae. It is found from Norway to Spain and Italy, and from France to Slovakia.^[1]

The larvae feed on the leaves of Salix eleagnos and Salix incana. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine they produce resembles the mine of Stigmella obliquella.^[2]

References

^ "Stigmella vimineticola (Insecta: Lepidoptera: Nepticulidae)". www2.nrm.se. Retrieved 19 December 2016.
^ "Nepticuloidea". nepticuloidea4.myspecies.info. Retrieved 19 December 2016.