Stigmella anomalella

Stigmella anomalella
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nepticulidae
Genus: Stigmella
Species:
S. anomalella
Binomial name
Stigmella anomalella
(Goeze, 1783)
Synonyms
  • Phalaena anomalella Goeze, 1783
  • Nepticula aeneella Heinemann, 1862
  • Stigmella caulescentella Klimesch, 1946
  • Nepticula fletcheri Tutt, 1899
  • Nepticula helbigi Hartig, 1941
  • Nepticula laticuniculella Sauber, 1904
  • Tinea penicilla Thunberg, 1794
  • Nepticula rosarum Sorhagen, 1922
  • Stigmella rosella Schrank, 1802
  • Stigmella rubicurrens Walsingham, 1908
  • Nepticula zermattensis Weber, 1937

The rose leaf miner (Stigmella anomalella) is a moth of the family Nepticulidae. It is found in all of Europe, east to the eastern part of the Palearctic realm.

The moths have shining greenish-bronzy forewings, lighter posteriorly and with the apical fourth purple. The wingspan is 5–6 millimetres (0.20–0.24 in). Head ferruginous-orange to black, collar yellow-whitish. Antennal eyecaps whitish. Hindwings grey.

Adults are on wing from May to August. There are two generations per year.

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