Stigmella allophylica

Stigmella allophylica
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nepticulidae
Genus:	Stigmella
Species:	S. allophylica
Binomial name
	Stigmella allophylica; Scoble, 1978

Last updated August 01, 2025

Stigmella allophylica is a moth of the family Nepticulidae. It was described by Scoble in 1978.^[1] It is found in South Africa (it was described from the Umhlanga Rocks in Natal).^[2]

The larvae feed on Allophylus natalensis . They probably mine the leaves of their host.

References

↑ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Stigmella allophylica". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index . Natural History Museum. Retrieved April 23, 2018.
↑ Rank: Species. "Nepticulidae and Opostegidae of the world". Nepticuloidea.info. Retrieved 2011-12-16.

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[1] Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Stigmella allophylica". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index . Natural History Museum. Retrieved April 23, 2018.

[2] Rank: Species. "Nepticulidae and Opostegidae of the world". Nepticuloidea.info. Retrieved 2011-12-16.

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