Stigmella quercipulchella is a moth of the family Nepticulidae. It is found in North America in Kentucky, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Illinois and Ontario.
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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. quercipulchella
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| Binomial name | |
| Stigmella quercipulchella (Chambers, 1878)
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There are two generations per year.
The larvae feed on Quercus species, including Q. palustris, Q. marilandica and Q. rubra. They mine the leaves of their host plant.
External links
edit- Nepticulidae of North America
- Newton, Philip J.; Wilkinson, Christopher (1982). "A taxonomic revision of the North American species of Stigmella (Lepidoptera: Nepticulidae)". Systematic Entomology. 7 (4): 367–463. doi:10.1111/j.1365-3113.1982.tb00455.x.
- Stonis, Jonas R.; Diškus, Arūnas; Remeikis, Andrius; Navickaitė, Asta; Rocienė, Agnė (2013). "Description of new species of oak leaf-miners (Lepidoptera: Nepticulidae), with notes on the species groups of Stigmella Schrank associated with Quercus as a host-plant". Zootaxa. 3737 (3): 201–22. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3737.3.1. PMID 25112750.
- Stonis, Jonas R.; Diškus, Arūnas; Remeikis, Andrius; Schuster, Jack (2013). "First discovery of Quercus feeding Nepticulidae (Lepidoptera) in Central America". Zootaxa. 3737: 1–23. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3737.1.1. PMID 25112733.
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