Stigmella rosaefoliella is a moth of the family Nepticulidae. It is found in North America in Ohio, Pennsylvania, Arkansas, New York, Michigan, Missouri and Ontario.
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Nepticulidae |
Genus: | Stigmella |
Species: | S. rosaefoliella
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Binomial name | |
Stigmella rosaefoliella (Clemens, 1861)
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Synonyms | |
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The wingspan is about 4.5 mm. There are three generations per year with full grown larvae in June and early July, in August and in October.
The larvae feed on Rosa species. They mine the leaves of their host plant.
This species was first described by James Brackenridge Clemens in 1861.[1]
Subspecies
edit- Stigmella rosaefoliella rosaefoliella (Ohio, Pennsylvania, Arkansas, New York, Michigan, Missouri, Ontario)
- Stigmella rosaefoliella pectocatena (Ontario)
References
edit- ^ Clemens, James Brackenridge (1861). "Micro-lepidopterous larvae. Notes on a few species, the imagos of which are probably undescribed". Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Philadelphia. 1: 75–87.
External links
edit- Nepticulidae of North America
- A taxonomic revision of the North American species of Stigmella (Lepidoptera: Nepticulidae)