Stigmella myrtillella

Stigmella myrtillella
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nepticulidae
Genus: Stigmella
Species: S. myrtillella
Binomial name
Stigmella myrtillella
(Stainton, 1857)
Synonyms
  • Nepticula myrtillella Stainton, 1857

Stigmella myrtillella is a moth of the Nepticulidae family. It is found from Fennoscandia and northern Russia to the Pyrenees, Italy and Bulgaria, and from Ireland to Ukraine.

Mined leaves of Vaccinium myrtillus
Damage
Larva

The wingspan is 5,4-6,3 mm. Adults are on wing in May and June.

The larvae feed on Vaccinium myrtillus and Vaccinium uliginosum. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine consists of a contorted gallery and often a secondary blotch. The frass is concentrated in a thick central line. Pupation takes place outside of the mine.


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