The moths (imago) are bivoltine flying from April to May and again from July to August and can be found resting on trunks.[1] The wingspan is 5–6 mm. The head is light ochreous-yellowish. Antennal eyecaps whitish. Forewings deep shining bronzy; a golden-tinged silvery-metallic hardly oblique fascia at 2/3; apical area beyond this dark purple-fuscous; cilia round apex beyond a blackish median line white. Hindwings rather dark grey.[2]
The egg can be laid on either side of the leaf and the pale yellowish-white larva feed, within a mine on Fagus sylvatica and Fagus sylvatica orientalis. The mine is a sinuous gallery and at the early state is relatively narrow with a central line of dark frass. As the larva grow the mine becomes wider and in the middle portion the frass is arranged in a series of arcs or coils. The mine can cross the vein (compare Stigmella tityrella which rarely crosses the veins) and in the final stages of the mine the frass is more irregular and concentrated in the centre of the gallery.[1][3]
^Meyrick, E., 1895 A Handbook of British Lepidoptera MacMillan, London pdf This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain. Keys and description
^Kimber, Ian. "Stigmella hemargyrella". ukmoths. Retrieved 9 July 2016.
stigmella, hemargyrella, moth, family, nepticulidae, found, most, europe, except, iceland, norway, finland, portugal, most, baltic, region, scientific, classificationdomain, eukaryotakingdom, animaliaphylum, arthropodaclass, insectaorder, lepidopterafamily, ne. Stigmella hemargyrella is a moth of the family Nepticulidae It is found in most of Europe except Iceland Norway Finland Portugal and most of the Baltic region Stigmella hemargyrellaScientific classificationDomain EukaryotaKingdom AnimaliaPhylum ArthropodaClass InsectaOrder LepidopteraFamily NepticulidaeGenus StigmellaSpecies S hemargyrellaBinomial nameStigmella hemargyrella Kollar 1832 SynonymsOecophora hemargyrella Kollar 1832 Nepticula basalella Herrich Schaffer 1855 Nepticula fagella Herrich Schaffer 1855 Nepticula fagi Frey 1856 Nepticula fulgens Stainton 1888 Nepticula nobilella Heinemann amp Wocke 1876 Stigmella hemargyrella mineThe moths imago are bivoltine flying from April to May and again from July to August and can be found resting on trunks 1 The wingspan is 5 6 mm The head is light ochreous yellowish Antennal eyecaps whitish Forewings deep shining bronzy a golden tinged silvery metallic hardly oblique fascia at 2 3 apical area beyond this dark purple fuscous cilia round apex beyond a blackish median line white Hindwings rather dark grey 2 The egg can be laid on either side of the leaf and the pale yellowish white larva feed within a mine on Fagus sylvatica and Fagus sylvatica orientalis The mine is a sinuous gallery and at the early state is relatively narrow with a central line of dark frass As the larva grow the mine becomes wider and in the middle portion the frass is arranged in a series of arcs or coils The mine can cross the vein compare Stigmella tityrella which rarely crosses the veins and in the final stages of the mine the frass is more irregular and concentrated in the centre of the gallery 1 3 References edit a b Emmet A M 1988 A Field Guide To The Smaller British Lepidoptera Second ed London The British Entomological and Natural History Society p 65 Meyrick E 1895 A Handbook of British Lepidoptera MacMillan London pdf nbsp This article incorporates text from this source which is in the public domain Keys and description Kimber Ian Stigmella hemargyrella ukmoths Retrieved 9 July 2016 External links editbladmineerders nl Archived 2012 03 12 at the Wayback Machine UKmoths Fauna Europaea Swedish moths Stigmella hemargyrella images at Consortium for the Barcode of Life nbsp Media related to Stigmella hemargyrella at Wikimedia Commons nbsp This article on a moth of the Stigmella genus is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Stigmella hemargyrella amp oldid 1169614410, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
