Species Stigmella altella - Hodges#0101

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Size · Identification · Range · Food · Remarks · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited

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 (quercipulchella group)

Species altella (Stigmella altella - Hodges#0101)

Hodges Number

0101

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Stigmella altella (Braun, 1914)

Nepticula altella Braun, 1914 (1)

* phylogenetic sequence #002875

Size

Wingspan 6.5-7.0 mm. (1)

Identification

Adult and larval mine - see Braun in Print References. (1)

Larva - yellow with a row of dark brown dashes along the mid-ventral line. (2)

Range

Recorded from Maine and Ohio. (1)

Food

Quercus imbricaria, Q. palustris. (1)

Remarks

The larva makes a contorted linear mine on the underside of an oak leaf.

Print References

Braun, A.F. 1914. Notes on the North American species of Nepticula with descriptions of new species (Lepidoptera). The Canadian Entomologist 46(1): 21-22 (1)

Newton, Philip J. and Christopher Wilkinson. 1982. A taxonomic revision of the North American species of Stigmella (Lepidoptera: Nepticulidae). Systematic Entomology 7:367-463.

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group

Works Cited

1.	Notes on the North American species of Nepticula with descriptions of new species (Lepidoptera). Annette F. Braun. 1914. The Canadian Entomologist 46(1): 17-27.

2.	The Lepidoptera of New York and Neighboring States William T.M. Forbes. 1923. Cornell University, Ithaca, New York; Memoir 68.

Contributed by Charley Eiseman on 27 January, 2012 - 10:46am
Additional contributions by Randy Hardy
Last updated 4 October, 2013 - 11:03am

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