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Species Stigmella lapponica - Hodges#0095.4

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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)

Species lapponica (Stigmella lapponica - Hodges#0095.4)

Hodges Number

0095.4

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Nepticula lapponica Wocke, 1862

Range

Holarctic; only recently discovered in North America, but thought to be native here (see comment)

Food

Larvae mine leaves of Betula spp. (birch)

Contributed by Charley Eiseman on 31 October, 2016 - 6:31pm
Additional contributions by Steve Nanz, Dave Webb
Last updated 23 February, 2024 - 1:14am

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