Stigmella zizyphi

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Stigmella zizyphi
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nepticulidae
Genus: Stigmella
Species:
S. zizyphi
Binomial name
Stigmella zizyphi
(Walsingham, 1911)
Synonyms
  • Stigmella ziziphivoraGustafsson, 1985

Stigmella zizyphi is a moth of the family Nepticulidae. It was described by Walsingham in 1911 and is endemic to Algeria. [1]

The larvae feed on Ziziphus lotus . They mine the leaves of their host plant.

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