Stigmella trimaculella

Stigmella trimaculella
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nepticulidae
Genus: Stigmella
Species: S. trimaculella
Binomial name
Stigmella trimaculella
(Haworth, 1828)
Synonyms
  • Tinea trimaculella Haworth, 1828
  • Nepticula albicornella Kollar in Nowicki, 1860
  • Nepticula gilvella Rossler, 1866
  • Nepticula populella Herrich-Schaffer, 1855
  • Nepticula populicola Sorhagen, 1922
  • Nepticula rufella Zeller, 1849
  • Stigmella subtrimaculella Dufrane, 1949

Stigmella trimaculella is a moth of the Nepticulidae family. It is found in most of Europe, east to the eastern part of Palearctic ecozone.

Stigmella trimaculella mine

The wingspan is 5–6 millimetres (0.20–0.24 in). Adults are on wing in May and again in August.[1]

The larvae feed on Populus alba, Populus angustifolia, Populus x canadensis, Populus candicans, Populus canescens, Populus deltoides, Populus nigra, Populus simonii, Populus suaveolens, Populus tremula and Populus trichocarpa. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine consists of a corridor. The first part of the mine is straight and narrow, and often follows a vein. The frass is concentrated in a nearly uninterrupted central line that does not occupy the full width of the gallery . The second part is considerably broader, sometimes almost resembling a blotch. The frass pattern here is very variable, ranging from a narrow central line to a broad band.[2]

References

  1. ↑ "Stigmella trimaculella". UK Moths. Retrieved March 25, 2010.
  2. ↑ "Stigmella trimaculella (Haworth, 1828)". Bladmineerders.nl. Retrieved March 25, 2010.


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