Forest Pests: Insects, Diseases & Other Damage Agents

Stigmella microtheriella Stt.
Lepidoptera: Nepticulidae

Bivoltine. Hosts are the Carpinus and Corylus. The mine is narrow and hardly widens. Sometimes follows the veins. The faeces is a continuous line in the first part, later gets looser, with occasional breaks. Larva is yellowish green. Occurs in North and Central Europe, also common in Hungary.

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