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Stigmella maya

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Species of moth

Stigmella maya
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nepticulidae
Genus: Stigmella
Species: S. maya
Binomial name
Stigmella maya
Stonis, Remeikis, Diskus and Noreika, 2013

Stigmella maya is a moth of the family Nepticulidae. It is found on the Yucatán Peninsula of southeastern Mexico.

This species is among the smallest Lepidoptera in the world.

The larvae feed on Karwinskia humboldtiana. They mine the leaves of their host plant.

References

  1. New Nepticulidae species (Insecta: Lepidoptera) from the Yucatán Peninsula
Taxon identifiers
Stigmella maya


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