Stigmella oxyacanthella (Stainton, 1854)

(Common Fruit-tree Pigmy)
4.0260 (B&F: 100)

»Suborder: Glossata
»Superfamily: Nepticuloidea
  »Family: Nepticulidae
   »Subfamily: Nepticulinae
    »Tribe: Nepticulini

Synonym(s):

Stigmella aeneella sensu auctt. nec (Heinemann, 1862)

Status and ecology:

National Status: Common

Resident. Larvae occurs sparingly in a few deciduous woods in both vice counties. Perhaps seriously under-recorded. Single-brooded flying mainly in May and June. Larvae feed on the leaves of apple, pear and hawthorn. (Pratt, 2011)

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Stigmella oxyacanthella (Stainton, 1854)

(Common Fruit-tree Pigmy)4.0260 (B&F: 100)

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