Drab Birch Pigmy

Stigmella lapponica

Classification

Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nepticulidae

Stigmella lapponica is a moth of the family Nepticulidae found in Asia, Europe and North America. It was first described by the German entomologist, Maximilian Ferdinand Wocke in 1862. The larvae mine (feed inside) the leaves of birch (Betula species).

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog

Sources and credits

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