''Stigmella spiculifera'' 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 only known from

Kyushu is the third-largest island of Japan's five main islands and the most southerly of the four largest islands ( i.e. excluding Okinawa). In the past, it has been known as , and . The historical regional name referred to Kyushu and its surroun ...

in Japan. The larvae feed on ''

Rubus hirsutus ''Rubus hirsutus'', the hirsute raspberry, is a species of flowering plant in the family Rosaceae, native to southern China, Taiwan, the Korean Peninsula, and Japan. It is sister to '' Rubus chingii''. Subtaxa The following varieties are accepte ...

'' and ''

Rubus palmatus ''Rubus palmatus'',Hassler M. (2019). World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World (version Nov 2018). In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life, 2019 Annual Checklist (Roskov Y., Ower G., Orrell T., Nicolson D., Bailly ...

''. They mine the leaves of their host plant.

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Japanese Species Of The Genus Stigmella (Nepticulidae: Lepidoptera)
Nepticulidae Moths of Japan Moths described in 1985 {{Stigmella-stub