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Swammerdamia passerella is a moth of the family Yponomeutidae. It is found in Great Britain, Fennoscandia, Poland, Estonia and northern Russia.[1]

Swammerdamia passerella
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Yponomeutidae
Genus:	Swammerdamia
Species:	S. passerella
Binomial name
Swammerdamia passerella (Zetterstedt, 1839)
Synonyms
Oecophora passerella Zetterstedt, 1839 Swammerdamia variegata Tengström, 1869 Swammerdamia nanivora Stainton, 1871

The wingspan is 10–12 mm. Adults are on wing from June to July.[2]

The larvae feed on Betula nana. Young larvae mine the leaves of their host plant. Later, they live freely under a slight web.[3] Mining larvae can be found in June.

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