''Stigmella pyrivora'' is a

moth Moths are a paraphyletic group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not butterflies, with moths making up the vast majority of the order. There are thought to be approximately 160,000 species of moth, many of ...

of the family Nepticulidae. It is endemic to

Cyprus Cyprus ; tr, Kıbrıs (), officially the Republic of Cyprus,, , lit: Republic of Cyprus is an island country located south of the Anatolian Peninsula in the eastern Mediterranean Sea. Its continental position is disputed; while it is ...

. The larvae feed on '' Pyrus syriaca''. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine resembles the mine of ''

Stigmella paradoxa ''Stigmella paradoxa'' is a moth of the family Nepticulidae. It is found in most of Europe (except the Benelux, Iceland, Denmark, Norway, Norway, Finland, and most of the Baltic region), east to the Near East and the eastern part of the Palearc ...

''.

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Fauna Europaea
Nepticulidae Moths of Europe Moths described in 1981 {{Stigmella-stub