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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Pygmy Leafmining Moths (Nepticuloidea) » Nepticulidae » Stigmella » lapponica group (Stigmella lapponica group)

lapponica group

Classification · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Food · Works Cited
Linear leaf mines on Prunus ilicifolia - Stigmella braunella Linear leaf mines on Prunus ilicifolia - Stigmella braunella Betula miner - Stigmella lapponica Catalina Cherry Leaf Mine - Stigmella braunella Catalina Ironwood Leafmine - Stigmella undescribed-species-on-lyonothamnus Stigmella braunella #1? - Stigmella braunella Stigmella braunella #2? - Stigmella braunella Stigmella braunella? - Stigmella braunella
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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 lapponica group
Explanation of Names
Author: Johansson, 1971
Numbers
3 species in Nearctic; 6 worldwide (1)
Food
2 species on Prunus (cherry, plum), 1 on Betula (birch)
Works Cited
1.Revised classification and catalogue of global Nepticulidae and Opostegidae (Lepidoptera, Nepticuloidea)
Contributed by Charley Eiseman on 31 October, 2016 - 6:03pm

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