Stigmella dryadella

Species of moth

Stigmella dryadella
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nepticulidae
Genus: Stigmella
Species:
S. dryadella
Binomial name
Stigmella dryadella
(O. Hofmann, 1868)
Synonyms
  • Nepticula dryadella O. Hofmann, 1868

Stigmella dryadella is a moth of the family Nepticulidae. It is found from Fennoscandia and northern Russia to the Pyrenees and Italy, and from Ireland to Romania.

The wingspan is 4.5-5.5 mm.

The larvae feed on Dryas octopetala. They mine the leaves of their host plant.

  • Fauna Europaea
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  • Swedish moths
  • Stigmella dryadella images at Consortium for the Barcode of Life
  • lepiforum.de
  • insecta.pro
Taxon identifiers
Stigmella dryadella
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