Stigmella thuringiaca
Species of moth
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Stigmella thuringiaca is a moth of the family Nepticulidae. It is found from Germany, Poland and central Russia to the Iberian Peninsula and Italy. It is not found on the Balkan Peninsula.
| Stigmella thuringiaca | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nepticulidae |
| Genus: | Stigmella |
| Species: | S. thuringiaca |
| Binomial name | |
| Stigmella thuringiaca (Petry, 1904) | |
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The larvae feed on Agrimonia eupatoria, Filipendula, Fragaria moschata, Fragaria vesca, Fragaria viridis, Potentilla tabernaemontani and Sanguisorba minor. They mine the leaves of their host plant.
External links
- Fauna Europaea
- bladmineerders.nl Archived 2012-03-12 at the Wayback Machine