Biology:Stigmella tragilis

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Short description: Species of moth


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

Stigmella tragilis is a moth of the family Nepticulidae. It was described by Scoble in 1978. It is found in South Africa (it was described from Margate in Natal).[1]

The larvae feed on Tragia durbanensis. They probably mine the leaves of their host plant.

References

Wikidata ☰ Q6355693 entry