Stigmella argentifasciella

Stigmella argentifasciella is a moth of the family Nepticulidae. It is found in Ohio, Kentucky and Illinois.

Mine

Stigmella argentifasciella
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Nepticulidae
Genus:
Stigmella
Species:
S. argentifasciella
Binomial name
Stigmella argentifasciella
(Braun, 1912)
Synonyms
  • Nepticula argentifasciella Braun, 1912

The wingspan is 3.6–4.8 millimetres (0.14–0.19 in). There are two or possibly three generations per year. Full-grown larvae have been collected in June, August and September.

The larvae feed on Tilia americana. They mine the leaves of their host plant. At first, the mine is within the parenchyma of the leaf and barely visible on the upper surface. Later it broadens into a blotch or broad tract and becomes transparent. The frass is deposited in sinuous curves.

  • "Nepticulidae of North America". American Entomological Society. Ithaca, New York: Cornell University Library and Cornell University. 43 (2). June 1917.
  • A taxonomic revision of the North American species of Stigmella (Lepidoptera: Nepticulidae)


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