Stigmella dryadella
Species of moth
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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.
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nepticulidae |
| Genus: | Stigmella |
| Species: | S. dryadella |
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| Stigmella dryadella (O. Hofmann, 1868) | |
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The wingspan is 4.5-5.5 mm. The greyish-brown antennae are just over half the forewing length. The forewings have a basal greenish sheen, either side of the silvery transverse band they are brown with a purple sheen. The hindwings are grey.[1][2]
The larvae feed on Dryas octopetala. They mine the leaves of their host plant. [3]
