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Stigmella splendidissimella is a moth of the family Nepticulidae. It is found from Scandinavia to Italy and from Ireland to the Crimea. It is not found in the Iberian Peninsula and the Balkan Peninsula.

Stigmella splendidissimella
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nepticulidae
Genus:	Stigmella
Species:	S. splendidissimella
Binomial name
Stigmella splendidissimella (Herrich-Schäffer, 1855)
Synonyms
Nepticula splendidissimella Herrich-Schaffer, 1855 Nepticula dulcella Heinemann, 1862 Nepticula fragarivora Carolsfeld-Krause, 1944 Nepticula inaequalis Heinemann, 1862 Nepticula splendidissima Frey, 1856 Stigmella dulcella

The wingspan is 4–6 millimetres (0.16–0.24 in). The thick erect hairs on the head vertex are black. The collar is black. Antennal eyecaps are white. The forewings are dark coppery-purple-brown with a suffused brassy or green basal patch; a straight shining pale golden or shiny silver fascia beyond middle. Hindwings are grey.[1] External image

The larvae feed on Agrimonia, Fragaria, Filipendula, Geum urbanum, Potentilla anserina, Rubus caesius, Rubus fruticosus and Rubus idaeus. They mine the leaves of their host plant.[2]

References

External links

• Fauna Europaea
• Swedish moths
• Stigmella splendidissimella images at Consortium for the Barcode of Life
• Bestimmungshilfe für die in Europa nachgewiesenen Schmetterlingsarten

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