Stigmella prunifoliella

Stigmella prunifoliella is a moth of the family Nepticulidae. It is found in North America in Pennsylvania, Ohio, New York, Kentucky and Ontario.

Mine

Stigmella prunifoliella
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Nepticulidae
Genus:
Stigmella
Species:
S. prunifoliella
Binomial name
Stigmella prunifoliella
(Clemens, 1861)
Synonyms
  • Nepticula prunifoliella Clemens, 1862
  • Nepticula bifasciella Clemens, 1862
  • Stigmella bifasciella (Clemens, 1862)
  • Nepticula serotinaeella Chambers, 1873

The wingspan is 4-4.5 mm.

The larvae feed on Prunus species, including P. serotina, P. pensylvanica and P. nigra. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine is much contorted, especially at first, often by confluence forming a blotch, later distinct, with the frass scattered to near the end, where it is collected into a broad line. The leaf of wild cherry is discolored and reddish around the mine. The cocoon is ocherous, sometimes reddish.


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