Stigmella poterii

Stigmella poterii
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nepticulidae
Genus: Stigmella
Species:
S. poterii
Binomial name
Stigmella poterii
(Stainton, 1857)
Synonyms
  • Nepticula poterii Stainton, 1857
  • Nepticula comari Wocke, 1862
  • Nepticula diffinis Wocke, 1874
  • Nepticula elisabethella Szocs, 1957
  • Nepticula geminella Frey, 1870
  • Nepticula occultella Heinemann, 1871
  • Nepticula palustrella Frey, 1870
  • Nepticula poteriella Doubleday, 1859
  • Nepticula serella Stainton, 1888
  • Nepticula tengstroemi Nolcken, 1871
  • Stigmella tengstroemi
  • Stigmella serella

Stigmella poterii is a moth of the family Nepticulidae. It is found from Fennoscandia to the Pyrenees and Italy, and from Ireland to Ukraine.[1]

A leaf of Poterium sanguisorba with several mined leaflets
Larva

The wingspan is 3–5 millimetres (0.12–0.20 in).The thick erect hairs on the head vertex are ferruginous and the collar dark brown' The antennal eyecaps are whitish. The forewings are golden-bronze with a pale golden metallic slightly inwards-oblique fascia beyond middle. The apical area beyond this is dark purple-fuscous. The hindwings are grey.[2] [3][4][5]


Adults fly in June, then a second generation in August and September.

The larva is amber yellow in colour and has a brown-coloured head.[6] It feeds on Filipendula ulmaria, Potentilla anserina, Potentilla erecta, Potentilla palustris, Potentilla tabernaemontani, Rubus arcticus, Rubus chamaemorus, Rubus saxatilis, Sanguisorba minor and Sanguisorba officinalis. They mine the leaves of their host plant.[7]

References

  1. ^ "Stigmella poterii (Stainton, 1857)". 2.6.2. Fauna Europaea. August 29, 2013. Archived from the original on June 10, 2015. Retrieved November 20, 2013.
  2. ^ Meyrick, E., 1895 A Handbook of British Lepidoptera MacMillan, London
  3. ^ lepiforum.de includes imagesPublic Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  4. ^ Zagulajev, A.K., 1987 Nepticulidae (Stigmellidae); in G.S. Medvedev (ed.): Keys to the insects of the europaean part of the USSR, Vol.IV: Lepidoptera, part 1 (english translation), Oxonian Press Pvt.Ltd., New Dehli, 1987
  5. ^ Emmet, A. M., 1976. Nepticulidae. — In: J. Heath (ed.). The Moths and Butterflies of Great Britain and Ireland 1: 171—267, pls. 1—7, 11, 12.
  6. ^ "Stigmella poterii (Stainton, 1857)". UK Fly Mines. Retrieved November 20, 2013.
  7. ^ "Stigmella poterii (Stainton, 1857)". Bladmineerders.nl. Retrieved March 26, 2010.


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