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Stigmella aurella is a moth of the family Nepticulidae. It is found in Europe from Ireland to Ukraine, the Near East, and the eastern part of the Palearctic realm.

Stigmella aurella
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nepticulidae
Genus:	Stigmella
Species:	S. aurella
Binomial name
Stigmella aurella (Fabricius, 1775)
Synonyms
Tinea aurella Fabricius, 1775 Nepticula albicomella Heinemann & Wocke, 1876 Nepticula fragariella Heinemann, 1862 Nepticula gei Wocke, 1871 Nepticula nitens Fologne, 1862 Stigmella fragariella

Description

The wingspan is 6–7 millimetres (0.24–0.28 in). The head is ferruginous to orange. Antennal eyecaps ochreous-whitish. Forewings shining copper gold ; a shining pale golden fascia beyond middle, preceded by a purplish or dark purple-fuscous fascia, apical area beyond this dark purple to fuscous. Hindwings rather dark grey.[1] Adults are on wing in May and later in the summer.[2]

The larvae feed on Agrimonia eupatoria, Agrimonia procera, Aremonia agrimonoides, Fragaria moschata, Fragaria vesca, Fragaria viridis, Geum rivale, Geum urbanum, Rubus caesius, Rubus dumetorum, Rubus fruticosus, Rubus idaeus, Rubus plicatus, Rubus sanguineus, Rubus saxatilis and Rubus ulmifolius. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine consists of corridor which does not widened at the end.[3]

References

External links

• Stigmella aurella images at Consortium for the Barcode of Life
• Media related to Stigmella aurella at Wikimedia Commons

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