Stigmella pomivorella is a moth of the family Nepticulidae. It is found in New York,[1] Washington, Massachusetts, Nova Scotia, Ontario and British Columbia.
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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. pomivorella
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| Stigmella pomivorella = (Packard, 1870)
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The wingspan is about 5 millimetres (0.20 in).
The larvae feed on Rosaceae species. They mine the leaves of their host plant.
References
edit- ^ Brown, M. W (20 November 2017). "Abundance and Identification of the Leafmining Guild on Apple in the Mid-Atlantic States". The Great Lakes Entomologist. 23 (4). doi:10.22543/0090-0222.1713.
External links
edit- Nepticulidae of North America
- A taxonomic revision of the North American species of Stigmella (Lepidoptera: Nepticulidae)
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