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Stigmella hybnerella is a moth of the family Nepticulidae. It is found in all of Europe, in North Africa, the Near East, and the eastern part of the Palearctic realm.[1]

Stigmella hybnerella
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nepticulidae
Genus:	Stigmella
Species:	S. hybnerella
Binomial name
Stigmella hybnerella (Hübner, 1796)
Synonyms
Tinea hybnerella Hübner, 1796 Caloptilia ampelipennella Hübner, 1825 Oecophora gratiosella Duponchel, 1843 Nepticula ignobilella Stainton, 1849 Nepticula latifasciella Herrich-Schaffer, 1855 Tinea posticella Hübner, 1828

Description

Males of the species have a black head and golden-green coloured forewing with a white fascia distad to which the wing has purple hues . Females have black heads too, but sometimes orange.[2] The wingspan is 4–5 millimetres (0.16–0.20 in). Adults are on wing from April to May and again from July to August. There are two generations per year.[3]

Ecology

The larvae feed on Amelanchier ovalis, Cotoneaster, Crataegus laevigata, Crataegus monogyna, Crataegus pentagyna, Sorbus aria and Sorbus torminalis. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine consists of a slender corridor, with a relatively broad, continuous, frass line, that always leaves a clear margin at either side. This corridor winds freely through the leaf. This initial corridor widens into a blotch that mostly lies along the leaf margin. Pupation takes place outside of the mine.[4]

References

External links

• Swedish moths
• Stigmella hybnerella images at Consortium for the Barcode of Life

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