Stigmella populnea

Stigmella populnea
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nepticulidae
Genus: Stigmella
Species:
S. populnea
Binomial name
Stigmella populnea

Stigmella populnea is a moth of the family Nepticulidae.[1][2] It is only known from Hokkaido in Japan.

The larvae feed on Populus nigra. They mine the leaves of their host plant.

References

  1. โ†‘ Insecta Matsumurana. Entomological Institute, Hokkaido Imperial University. 1985. p. 13.
  2. โ†‘ Nieukerken, Erik van; Doorenweerd, Camiel; Hoare, Robert; Davis, Donald (2016-10-31). "Revised classification and catalogue of global Nepticulidae and Opostegidae (Lepidoptera, Nepticuloidea)". ZooKeys (628): 65โ€“246. Bibcode:2016ZooK..628...65V. doi:10.3897/zookeys.628.9799. ISSN 1313-2970. PMC 5126388. PMID 27917038.