Stigmella dentatae

Stigmella dentatae
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nepticulidae
Genus: Stigmella
Species: S. dentatae
Binomial name
Stigmella dentatae
Puplesis, 1984
Synonyms
  • Stigmella pulla Kemperman & Wilkinson, 1985

Stigmella dentatae is a moth of the Nepticulidae family. It is found in Japan (Hokkaido), Russia (Primorsky Krai) and China (Heilongjiang).

The wingspan is 5.1-6.4 mm. Adults are on wing in May and again from July to September. There are two generations per year.

The larvae feed on Quercus mongolica (including var. grosseserrata in Japan) and Quercus dentata (in Primorskiy Kray). They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine consists of a long narrow linear gallery with linear black frass throughout, similar to Stigmella aladina and Stigmella roborella.


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