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Genus Stigmella

Stigmella Betulaceae host - Stigmella Rosa host - Stigmella Leigh Farm Park leaf miner on Salix nigra D766 2017 2 - Stigmella fuscotibiella St. Andrews leaf miner on Morella cerifera SA1712 Stignella yellow 2020 1.1 - Stigmella corylifoliella St. Andrews leaf miner on Alnus serrulata SA1746 Stigmella 2020 3 - Stigmella Stigmella nigriverticella? - Stigmella Stigmella prunifoliella
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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
Numbers
51 species north of Mexico; 428 species worldwide (1)
Identification
See Also
Dr. Erik van Nieukerken explains in his identification of Stigmella prunifoliella here "Difference between Ectoedemia and Stigmella: Stigmella has a collar of lamellar scales, here concolorous with the thorax (between the eyecaps), whereas Ectoedemia and other genera have a small collar consisting of hair scales."
Print References
Newton, P. J. and Wilkinson, C. (1982), A taxonomic revision of the North American species of Stigmella (Lepidoptera: Nepticulidae). Systematic Entomology, 7: 367–463. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-3113.1982.tb00455.x