Stigmella dryadella is a moth of the family Nepticulidae. It is found from Fennoscandia and northern Russia to the Pyrenees and Italy, and from Ireland to Romania.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nepticulidae |
| Genus: | Stigmella |
| Species: | S. dryadella
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| Stigmella dryadella (O. Hofmann, 1868)
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The wingspan is 4.5-5.5 mm.
The larvae feed on Dryas octopetala. They mine the leaves of their host plant.
External links
edit- Fauna Europaea
- bladmineerders.nl Archived 2012-03-27 at the Wayback Machine
- Swedish moths
- Stigmella dryadella images at Consortium for the Barcode of Life
- lepiforum.de
- insecta.pro
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