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Stigmella vimineticola

(Stigmella vimineticola)

Description

Stigmella vimineticola is a moth of the Nepticulidae family. It is found from Norway to Spain and Italy, and from France to Slovakia. The larvae feed on the leaves of Salix eleagnos and Salix incana. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine they produce resembles the mine of Stigmella obliquella.

Taxonomic tree:

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