Stigmella prunifoliella

Stigmella prunifoliella

''Stigmella prunifoliella'' is a moth of the Nepticulidae family. It is found in North America in Pennsylvania, Ohio, New York, Kentucky and Ontario.
Stigmella prunifoliella Leaf Mines on Black Cherry (Prunus serotina) On a sapling at the edge of a dense mixed forest.
https://www.jungledragon.com/image/84306/stigmella_prunifoliella_leaf_mines_on_black_cherry_prunus_serotina.html Geotagged,Stigmella prunifoliella,Summer,United States

Appearance

The wingspan is 4-4.5 mm.
Stigmella prunifoliella This is a picture of Stigmella prunifoliella on the South Tract of the Patuxent Research Refuge near Laurel, Maryland. Geotagged,Stigmella prunifoliella,Summer,United States

Food

The larvae feed on ''Prunus'' species, including ''P. serotina'', ''P. pensylvanica'' and ''P. nigra''. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine is much contorted, especially at first, often by confluence forming a blotch, later distinct, with the frass scattered to near the end, where it is collected into a broad line. The leaf of wild cherry is discolored and reddish around the mine. The cocoon is ocherous, sometimes reddish.

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Taxonomy
KingdomAnimalia
DivisionArthropoda
ClassInsecta
OrderLepidoptera
FamilyNepticulidae
GenusStigmella
SpeciesS. prunifoliella