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The pecan serpentine leafminer (Stigmella juglandifoliella) is a moth of the family Nepticulidae. It is found in Ohio, Pennsylvania and Kentucky 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. juglandifoliella
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| Binomial name | |
| Stigmella juglandifoliella (Clemens, 1861)
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The wingspan is 3.5-3.8 mm. There are probably two generations per year.
The larvae feed on Carya illinoinensis (pecan). They mine the leaves of their host plant.
General references
editCommon name: Pecan serpentine leafminer.
- The Leafminers of Pecan - Pecan South Magazine
- Management of the Pecan Serpentine Leafminer (Lepidoptera: Nepticulidae) - Journal of Economic Entomology, Volume 78, Issue 5, 1 October 1985, Pages 1121–1124
- Leafminer, shuckworm pests target New Mexico pecans 264240 - Western Farm Press
- Pecan Serpentine Leafminer Moth- Maryland Biodiversity Project
External links
edit- Species info at Bugwood
- Nepticulidae of North America
- A taxonomic revision of the North American species of Stigmella (Lepidoptera: Nepticulidae)
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