Stigmella chaenomelae

Stigmella chaenomelae
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nepticulidae
Genus: Stigmella
Species: S. chaenomelae
Binomial name
Stigmella chaenomelae
Kemperman & Wilkinson, 1985

Stigmella chaenomelae is a species of moth of the Nepticulidae family. It is only known from Honshu in Japan.

The larvae feed on Chaenomeles japonica. They mine the leaves of their host plant.


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