Stigmella svenssoni

Stigmella svenssoni is a moth of the family Nepticulidae. It is widespread, but localised in the northern half of Europe, with records from Norway, Sweden, Finland, Denmark, Latvia, the Netherlands, Germany, Slovakia, Hungary and France. There are two isolated records from northern Italy and northern Greece. Only leafmines are recorded from Ireland.

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

The wingspan is 6–7 mm. The thick erect hairs on the head vertex are orange yellow. The collar iswhite. Antennal eyecaps are white. The forewings are coarse, bronze brown with a slight purple luster in the tip. Hindwings are grey. The male with a yellowish anal tip.

Adults are on wing from May to June.

The larvae feed on Quercus petraea and Quercus robur. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine consists of a long, broad corridor. The frass line is of inconstant width, mostly occupying more than half the width of the gallery.


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