''Stigmella auromarginella'' is a
moth of the family
Nepticulidae. It is found from
Sweden
Sweden, formally the Kingdom of Sweden,The United Nations Group of Experts on Geographical Names states that the country's formal name is the Kingdom of SwedenUNGEGN World Geographical Names, Sweden./ref> is a Nordic country located on ...
to
Portugal,
Crete and
Cyprus and from
Ireland to
Croatia. It is much more common in the southern part of the range.
The
wingspan is 3–5 mm. Head ferruginous - orange. Antennal eyecaps ochreous-whitish. Forewings deep shining golden-bronze ; a shining golden -silvery fascia beyond middle, edged anteriorly with purple suffusion, apical area beyond this deep purple ; an apical shining golden -silvery fascia, partly in cilia. Hindwings grey.
[Meyrick, E., 1895 ''A Handbook of British Lepidoptera'' MacMillan, Londo]
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Keys and description
Adults are on wing from June to August and from September to November.
The larvae feed on ''
Agrimonia'', ''
Rubus fruticosus'', ''
Rubus sanctus
''Rubus ulmifolius'' subsp. ''sanctus'', commonly called holy bramble, is a bramble native to parts of Asia and Europe.
This plant is very long-lived. An instance of it can be found at the Chapel of the Burning Bush on Mount Sinai, where it is r ...
'' and ''
Rubus ulmifolius''. They
mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine consists of an unusually short corridor with a central line of
frass
Frass refers loosely to the more or less solid excreta of insects, and to certain other related matter.
Definition and etymology
''Frass'' is an informal term and accordingly it is variously used and variously defined. It is derived from the G ...
that is irregularly interrupted.
Pupation takes place outside the mine.
References
External links
bladmineerders.nlFauna Europaea ''Stigmella auromarginella'' images
at Consortium for the Barcode of Life
Nepticulidae
Moths of Europe
Moths described in 1890
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