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Species Stigmella apicialbella - Hodges#0081

St. Andrews leaf miner on Ulmus rubra SA690 2016 5 - Stigmella apicialbella Sedwick park leaf miner on Ulmus rubra D691 2017 2 - Stigmella apicialbella St. Andrews leaf miner on Ulmus alata SA1070 2017 1 - Stigmella apicialbella Stigmella apicialbella Stigmella apicialbella Lake Crabtree leaf miner on Ulmus alata D2480 2020 1 - Stigmella apicialbella Nepticulidae, leaf miner on American Hophornbeam, front of leaf - Stigmella apicialbella Nepticulidae, under side of leaf, back lit - 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)
Species apicialbella (Stigmella apicialbella - Hodges#0081)
Hodges Number
0081
Explanation of Names
Stigmella apicialbella (Chambers, 1873)
Nepticula apicialbella Chambers, 1873
* phylogenetic sequence #002325
Identification
Genitalia:
Print References
Chambers, V.T. 1873. Micro-Lepidoptera. The Canadian Entomologist 5(7): 127
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