Biology:Stigmella triumfettica

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Short description: Species of moth


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

Stigmella triumfettica is a moth of the family Nepticulidae. It was described by Scoble in 1978. It is found in South Africa (it was described from the Pretoria District in Transvaal).[1]

The larvae feed on Triumfetta species. They probably mine the leaves of their host plant.

References

Wikidata ☰ Q7616872 entry