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The rose leaf miner (Stigmella anomalella) is a moth of the family Nepticulidae. It is found in all of Europe, east to the eastern part of the Palearctic realm.

Stigmella anomalella
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nepticulidae
Genus:	Stigmella
Species:	S. anomalella
Binomial name
Stigmella anomalella (Goeze, 1783)
Synonyms
Phalaena anomalella Goeze, 1783 Nepticula aeneella Heinemann, 1862 Stigmella caulescentella Klimesch, 1946 Nepticula fletcheri Tutt, 1899 Nepticula helbigi Hartig, 1941 Nepticula laticuniculella Sauber, 1904 Tinea penicilla Thunberg, 1794 Nepticula rosarum Sorhagen, 1922 Stigmella rosella Schrank, 1802 Stigmella rubicurrens Walsingham, 1908 Nepticula zermattensis Weber, 1937

The moths have shining greenish-bronzy forewings, lighter posteriorly and with the apical fourth purple. The wingspan is 5–6 millimetres (0.20–0.24 in). Head ferruginous-orange to black, collar yellow-whitish. Antennal eyecaps whitish. Hindwings grey.[1] Adults are on wing from May to August. There are two generations per year.[2]

Ecology

The larvae feed on Potentilla caulescens, Rosa arkansana, Rosa canina, Rosa centifolia, Rosa glauca, Rosa pendulina, Rosa rubiginosa, Rosa rugosa, Rosa tomentosa, Rosa wichurana, Sanguisorba minor and Sanguisorba officinalis. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine consists of a clear corridor, often with a hairpin turn. The section before the turn often follows the leaf margin. The first section of the mine is entirely filled with frass. Pupation takes place outside of the mine.[3]

References

External links

• Swedish moths
• Fauna Europaea
• Stigmella anomalella images at Consortium for the Barcode of Life

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