Species Stigmella rhamnicola - Hodges#0074

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Size · Identification · Food · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited

moths - Stigmella rhamnicola - male - female

Stigmella rhamnicola, 0074 - Stigmella rhamnicola

Black line and spots - Stigmella rhamnicola

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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 (rhamnella group)

Species rhamnicola (Stigmella rhamnicola - Hodges#0074)

Hodges Number

0074

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Stigmella rhamnicola (Braun, 1916)

Nepticula rhamnicola Braun, 1916

Nepticula rhamnella Braun, 1912 (preoc.) (96)

* phylogenetic sequence #002100

Explanation of Names

Named for the host plant genus Rhamnus.

Size

Wingspan 4.5-5.5 mm. (1)

Identification

Per Erik van Nieukerken on the image posted here "This is Stigmella rhamnicola, easily recognised by the differently coloured fasciae and white thorax. The collar consists of lamellar scales, which shows it is a Stigmella."

Food

Larvae mine the leaves of buckthorn, including Rhamnus cathartica and Rhamnus lanceolata.

Print References

Braun, A.F. 1916. Entomological news, and proceedings of the Entomological Section of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 27(1): 56

Braun, A.F. 1917. Nepticulidae of North America. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 43: 172 (1)

Powell, J.A. & P.A. Opler 2009. Moths of Western North America. University of California Press. pl.1.9m

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group

Works Cited

1.	Nepticulidae of North America. Annette F. Braun. 1917. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 43: 155-209.

Contributed by Charley Eiseman on 23 January, 2013 - 7:40pm
Additional contributions by Steve Nanz, Randy Hardy
Last updated 12 October, 2013 - 4:49pm

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