| Stigmella malella | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nepticulidae |
| Genus: | Stigmella |
| Species: | S. malella |
| Binomial name | |
| Stigmella malella = (Stainton, 1854) | |
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The banded apple pigmy (Stigmella malella) is a moth of the family Nepticulidae. It is found in almost all of Europe, except Iceland and Norway. [1]
The wingspan is 4–6 millimetres (0.16–0.24 in).The head is ferruginous-ochreous, the collar whitish. The antennal eyecaps are whitish, and the forewings dark fuscous with a shining white fascia beyond the middle. The hindwings are grey. [2] [3] [4] [5]
Adults are on wing from April to August.
The larvae feed on Malus x astracanica, Malus baccata , Malus domestica , Malus floribunda , Malus fusca , Malus ringo , Malus sylvestris and sometimes Prunus . They mine the leaves of their host plant. [6]
