Stigmella juglandifoliella (Clemens, 1861) Wilkinson et al., 1979 is a animal in the Nepticulidae family, order Lepidoptera, kingdom Animalia. Not known to be toxic.

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Stigmella juglandifoliella (Clemens, 1861) Wilkinson et al., 1979

Stigmella juglandifoliella (Clemens, 1861) Wilkinson et al., 1979

The pecan serpentine leafminer, Stigmella juglandifoliella, is a small nepticulid moth found in three eastern U.S. states whose larvae mine pecan leaves.

Family
Genus
Stigmella
Order
Lepidoptera
Class
Insecta

About Stigmella juglandifoliella (Clemens, 1861) Wilkinson et al., 1979

Stigmella juglandifoliella (Clemens, 1861) Wilkinson et al., 1979, commonly known as the pecan serpentine leafminer, is a moth species belonging to the family Nepticulidae. This species is distributed in the U.S. states of Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Kentucky. The wingspan of adult moths ranges from 3.5 to 3.8 millimeters. It is thought that the species has two generations each year. The larvae of this moth feed on Carya illinoinensis, commonly called pecan, by mining into the leaves of the host plant.

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Taxonomy

Animalia Arthropoda Insecta Lepidoptera Nepticulidae Stigmella

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