Stigmella amelanchierella
| Stigmella amelanchierella | |
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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. amelanchierella |
| Binomial name | |
| Stigmella amelanchierella (Clemens, 1862) | |
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Stigmella amelanchierella is a moth of the family Nepticulidae. This species was described by James Brackenridge Clemens in 1862 from mines on Amelanchier species found in June and July. This original (type) material was not preserved and there are no known bred specimens.
Vacated mines have been collected in Ohio, Kentucky and North Carolina in the United States.
External links
- Newton, Philip J. & Wilkinson, Christopher (October 1982) "A taxonomic revision of the North American species of Stigmella (Lepidoptera: Nepticulidae)". Systematic Entomology. 7(4) pp. 367–463 doi:10.1111/j.1365-3113.1982.tb00455.x.