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Stigmella grewiae

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Species of moth

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

Stigmella grewiae is a moth of the family Nepticulidae. It was described by Scoble in 1978. It is found in South Africa (it was described from Balgowan in Natal).

The larvae feed on Grewia occidentalis. They probably mine the leaves of their host plant.

References

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


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