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Stigmella gimmonella

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Stigmella gimmonella
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nepticulidae
Genus: Stigmella
Species:
S. gimmonella
Binomial name
Stigmella gimmonella
= (Matsumura, 1931)
Synonyms
  • Nepticula gimmonella Matsumura, 1931

Stigmella gimmonella is a moth of the family Nepticulidae. It is only known from Hokkaido in Japan.

Adults are on wing from July to August and from May to June. There are probably two generations per year.

The larvae feed on Ulmus laciniata and Ulmus davidiana var. japonica. They mine the leaves of their host plant.

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