Stigmella quercipulchella explained

Stigmella quercipulchella is a moth of the family Nepticulidae. It is found in North America in Kentucky, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Illinois and Ontario.

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

• Nepticulidae of North America
• 10.1111/j.1365-3113.1982.tb00455.x . A taxonomic revision of the North American species of Stigmella (Lepidoptera: Nepticulidae) . Systematic Entomology . 7 . 4 . 367–463 . 1982 . Newton . Philip J. . Wilkinson . Christopher .
• 10.11646/zootaxa.3737.3.1 . 25112750 . 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 . 2013 . Stonis . Jonas R. . Diškus . Arūnas . Remeikis . Andrius . Navickaitė . Asta . Rocienė . Agnė . free .
• 10.11646/zootaxa.3737.1.1 . 25112733 . First discovery of Quercus feeding Nepticulidae (Lepidoptera) in Central America . Zootaxa . 3737 . 1–23 . 2013 . Stonis . Jonas R. . Diškus . Arūnas . Remeikis . Andrius . Schuster . Jack . free .