Stigmella altella is a moth of the family Nepticulidae. It is found in Ohio and Maine in the United States.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nepticulidae |
| Genus: | Stigmella |
| Species: | S. altella
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| Binomial name | |
| Stigmella altella (Braun, 1914)
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The wingspan is 5.6-6.4 mm. There is one generation per year in Ohio, with mines being collected in October and adults emerging the following May and early June.
The larvae feed on Quercus imbricaria and Quercus palustris. They mine the leaves of their host plant.
External links
edit- Nepticulidae of North America
- A taxonomic revision of the North American species of Stigmella (Lepidoptera: Nepticulidae)
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