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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Pygmy Leafmining Moths (Nepticuloidea) » Nepticulidae » Stigmella » aurella group (Stigmella aurella group) » Stigmella villosella - Hodges#0080 (Stigmella villosella)

Species Stigmella villosella - Hodges#0080

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Size · Food · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited
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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 (aurella group)
Species villosella (Stigmella villosella - Hodges#0080)
Hodges Number
0080
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Stigmella villosella (Clemens, 1861)
Nepticula villosella Clemens, 1861
Nepticula dallasiana Frey & Boll, 1876 (228) (1)
* phylogenetic sequence #002300
Explanation of Names
From host plant Rubus villosus, now synonymized with Rubus flagellaris.
Size
Wingspan 3 mm. (1)
Food
Larvae mine in blackberry (Rubus).
Print References
Clemens, B. 1861. Micro-lepidopterous larvae. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Philadelphia 1861: 84
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. 1912. The Journal of the Cincinnati Society of Natural History 21(3): 84-101.
Contributed by Charley Eiseman on 23 September, 2013 - 8:10am
Additional contributions by Randy Hardy
Last updated 14 October, 2013 - 9:48am

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