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Stigmella anomalella

(Stigmella anomalella)

Description

The rose leaf miner (Stigmella anomalella) is a moth of the Nepticulidae family. It is found in all of Europe, east to the eastern part of the Palearctic ecozone. The moths have shining greenish-bronzy forewings, lighter posteriorly and with the apical fourth purple. The wingspan is 5–6 millimetres (0.20–0.24 in). Head ferruginous-orange to black, collar yellow-whitish. Antennal eyecaps whitish.Hindwings grey. Adults are on wing from May to August. There are two generations per year.

Taxonomic tree:

Domain:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum:
Class: Insecta
Order:Lepidoptera
Family:Nepticulidae
Genus:Stigmella
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