Stigmella ulmivora
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nepticulidae |
| Genus: | Stigmella |
| Species: | S. ulmivora
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| Stigmella ulmivora = (Fologne, 1860)
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Stigmella ulmivora is a moth of the family Nepticulidae. It is found in all of Europe, except the Balkan Peninsula.[1]
Description
[edit | edit source]The wingspan is 4–5 millimetres (0.16–0.20 in). The thick erect hairs on the head vertex are black. The collar is black. The antennal eyecaps are white. The forewings are shining dark coppery-golden, costa deep purple with a shining silvery fascia beyond middle. The apical area beyond this is deep purple-fuscous. The hindwings are rather dark.[2] External image [3][4][5]
Adults are usually on wing in May in one generation, but there might be a second generation depending on the location.
Ecology
[edit | edit source]The larvae feed on Ulmus glabra, Ulmus laevis, Ulmus minor and Ulmus pumila.[6]
References
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- ^ Meyrick, E., 1895 A Handbook of British Lepidoptera MacMillan, London
- ^ lepiforum.de includes imagesPublic Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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
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External links
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