Stigmella egonokii | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Nepticulidae |
Genus: | Stigmella |
Species: | S. egonokii |
Binomial name | |
Stigmella egonokii Kemperman & Wilkinson, 1985 |
Stigmella egonokii is a moth of the family Nepticulidae. It is only known from Kyushu in Japan.
Adults of the first generation are on wing from the end of April. Second-generation larvae appear in late June, the third-generation larvae in late September to late October. There are two to three generations per year.
The larvae feed on Styrax japonica . They mine the leaves of their host plant.