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| Stigmella rhamnella | |
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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. rhamnella
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| Binomial name | |
| Stigmella rhamnella (Herrich-Schaffer, 1860)
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Stigmella rhamnella is a moth of the family Nepticulidae. It is found from Denmark to the Iberian Peninsula and Italy and from France to Romania and Ukraine. It has also been recorded from Estonia. It is not on the southern part of Balkan Peninsula.
There are two to three generations per year.
The larvae feed on Rhamnus alpinus, Rhamnus catharticus, Rhamnus pumilus and Rhamnus saxatilis. They mine the leaves of their host plant.
External links
[edit]- Fauna Europaea
- bladmineerders.nl Archived 2012-03-27 at the Wayback Machine
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