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Stomphastis crotonis

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Species of moth

Stomphastis crotonis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gracillariidae
Genus: Stomphastis
Species: S. crotonis
Binomial name
Stomphastis crotonis
Vári, 1961

Stomphastis crotonis is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from South Africa and Namibia.

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

References

  1. Afrotropical Gracillariidae
  2. Global Taxonomic Database of Gracillariidae (Lepidoptera)
Taxon identifiers
Stomphastis crotonis


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