Common Thorn Pigmy

Stigmella crataegella

Classification

Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nepticulidae

Stigmella crataegella is a moth of the family Nepticulidae found in Europe. It was described by the Austrian entomologist Josef Wilhelm Klimesch in 1936. The larvae mine the leaves of hawthorns.

Distribution

Common Thorn Pigmy — (c) Nigel Voaden, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

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Countries in the Picchu catalog

United Kingdom · 37Germany · 8Netherlands · 4

Sources and credits

Photo(c) Nigel Voaden, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY DescriptionStigmella crataegella, Wikipedia contributors

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