Stigmella pomivorella is a moth of the family Nepticulidae. It is found in New York,[1] Washington, Massachusetts, Nova Scotia, Ontario and British Columbia.

Stigmella pomivorella
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nepticulidae
Genus: Stigmella
Species:
S. pomivorella
Binomial name
Stigmella pomivorella
= (Packard, 1870)
Synonyms
  • Micropteryx pomivorella Packard, 1870
  • Nepticula pomivorella (Packard, 1870)
Mine

The wingspan is about 5 millimetres (0.20 in).

The larvae feed on Rosaceae species. They mine the leaves of their host plant.

References

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  1. ^ Brown, M. W (20 November 2017). "Abundance and Identification of the Leafmining Guild on Apple in the Mid-Atlantic States". The Great Lakes Entomologist. 23 (4). doi:10.22543/0090-0222.1713.
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