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Stigmella crotonica

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Species of moth

Stigmella crotonica
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nepticulidae
Genus: Stigmella
Species: S. crotonica
Binomial name
Stigmella crotonica
Scoble, 1978

Stigmella crotonica is a moth of the family Nepticulidae. It was described by Scoble in 1978. It is found in Zimbabwe (it was described from Mount Selinda).

The larvae feed on Croton sylvaticus. They probably mine the leaves of their host plant.

References

  1. Nepticulidae and Opostegidae of the world
Taxon identifiers
Stigmella crotonica


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