prunifoliella group

St. Andrews leaf miner on Rhus copallina Stigmella intermedia maybe 2015 2 - Stigmella intermedia

Stigmella on Ceanothus - Stigmella ceanothi

Rhus typhina host - Stigmella intermedia

Half-lobed leaf mine - Stigmella rhoifoliella

Stigmella salicis group - Stigmella prunifoliella

Leaf Mines on Poison Ivy - Stigmella rhoifoliella

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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 prunifoliella group

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

The name "prunifoliella group" is now preferred to the older “prunetorum group” because the prunifoliella group contains several North American species, whereas the name “prunetorum group” was based on a single European species. (1)

Numbers

6 described species in North America; 9 worldwide (1)

Food

Hosts are in Anacardiaceae (2 spp.), Malvaceae (1 sp.), Rhamnaceae (1 sp.), and Rosaceae (1 sp.); the host of S. cerea is unknown.

Works Cited

1.	Revised classification and catalogue of global Nepticulidae and Opostegidae (Lepidoptera, Nepticuloidea)

Contributed by Charley Eiseman on 8 October, 2016 - 8:40am
Last updated 31 October, 2016 - 7:10pm

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