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Stigmella rhynchosiella

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Species of moth

Stigmella rhynchosiella
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nepticulidae
Genus: Stigmella
Species: S. rhynchosiella
Binomial name
Stigmella rhynchosiella
Vári, 1955

Stigmella rhynchosiella is a moth of the family Nepticulidae. It was described by Vári in 1955. It is found in South Africa (it was described from Pretoria).

The larvae feed on Rhynchosia nitens. They probably mine the leaves of their host plant.

References

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


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