Stigmella nivenburgensis is a moth of the family Nepticulidae. It is found from Lithuania and central Russia to the Iberian Peninsula, Italy and Greece. It has also reported from Turkmenistan.
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Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Nepticulidae |
Genus: | Stigmella |
Species: | S. nivenburgensis |
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Stigmella nivenburgensis (Preissecker, 1942) | |
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There are at least three generations on Rhodes.
The larvae feed on Salix alba, S. babylonica, Salix x fragilis, Salix x salamonii [lower-alpha 1] and S. triandra.[1] They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine consists of a slender corridor. Pupation takes place outside of the mine.
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