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lemniscella group

Elm Leaf Miner ID Request - Stigmella apicialbella

Pelham Road Durham leaf miner on Ulmus alata D280 Stigmella apicialbella 2016 1 - Stigmella apicialbella

St. Andrews leaf miner on Ulmus rubra SA690 2016 1 - Stigmella apicialbella

St. Andrews leaf miner on Ulmus rubra SA690 2016 2 - Stigmella apicialbella

Sedwick park leaf miner on Ulmus rubra D691 2017 4 - Stigmella apicialbella

St. Andrews leaf miner on Ulmus rubra SA1180 2017 1 - Stigmella apicialbella

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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 lemniscella group

Numbers

1 described North American species + 1 undescribed; 6 described species worldwide (1)

Food

Stigmella apicialbella mines leaves of elm (Ulmus), and the undescribed species is on birch (Betula) (1)

Works Cited

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

Contributed by Charley Eiseman on 31 October, 2016 - 6:34pm

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