Species Stigmella populetorum - Hodges#0084

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Size · Range · Food · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited

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Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)

Superfamily Nepticuloidea (Pygmy Leafmining Moths)

Family Nepticulidae

Genus Stigmella

No Taxon (salicis group)

Species populetorum (Stigmella populetorum - Hodges#0084)

Hodges Number

0084

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Stigmella populetorum (Frey & Boll, 1878)

Nepticula populetorum Frey & Boll, 1878

Stigmella aromella Wilkinson & Scoble, 1979 (synonymy by van Nieukerken & Eiseman in (1))

* phylogenetic sequence #002400

Size

Wingspan about 4-6 mm. (2), (3), (4)

Range

Records from British Columbia, California, Texas, Indiana, Ontario, Maine, Ohio, Kentucky and West Virginia. (2), (3), (4)

Food

Larvae mine leaves of Populus spp.

Print References

Frey H. & J. Boll 1878. Tineen aus Texas. Entomologische Zeitung 39(7-9): 276-277

Wilkinson, Christopher and M. J. Scoble. 1979. The Nepticulidae (Lepidoptera) of Canada. Memoirs of the Entomological Society of Canada 107:1-129.

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group

Works Cited

1.	Annotated Taxonomic Checklist of the Lepidoptera of North America, North of Mexico Pohl, G. R. and S. R. Nanz (eds.). 2023. Wedge Entomological Research Foundation.

2.	North American Moth Photographers Group

3.	The Lepidoptera of New York and Neighboring States William T.M. Forbes. 1923. Cornell University, Ithaca, New York; Memoir 68.

4.	Nepticulidae of North America. Annette F. Braun. 1917. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 43: 155-209.

Contributed by Charley Eiseman on 1 May, 2013 - 7:25pm
Additional contributions by Randy Hardy
Last updated 1 December, 2023 - 12:44pm

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