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Stigmella roborella is a moth of the family Nepticulidae. It is found throughout Europe and in south-west Asia. In Europe, it has been recorded from nearly every country, except Albania, Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Ireland, Moldova, Portugal, Romania and Yugoslavia.[2] It has recently been recorded from Georgia, Macedonia and Turkey.

Stigmella roborella
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nepticulidae
Genus:	Stigmella
Species:	S. roborella
Binomial name
Stigmella roborella (Johansson, 1971)
Synonyms
Nepticula roborella Johansson, 1971[1]

The wingspan is 5–7 millimetres (0.20–0.28 in). Adults are on wing from April to September.[3]

The larvae feed on Quercus castaneifolia, Quercus cerris, Quercus petraea, Quercus pubescens, Quercus robur and Quercus rubra. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine consists of a long, slender corridor. In the first part the frass is concentrated in a narrow line.[4]

References

Further reading

• Johansson, R.; van Nieukerken, E. J. (2003). "The Quercus Feeding Stigmella Species of the West Palaearctic: New Species, Key and Distribution (Lepidoptera: Nepticulidae)". Tijdschrift voor Entomologie. 146 (2): 307–370. doi:10.1163/22119434-900000129.

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