Stomphastis crotonis

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Stomphastis crotonis
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gracillariidae
Genus: Stomphastis
Species:
S. crotonis
Binomial name
Stomphastis crotonis
Vári, 1961 [1]

Stomphastis crotonis is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from South Africa and Namibia. [2]

The larvae feed on Croton menyharthii . They mine the leaves of their host plant.

References

  1. Afrotropical Gracillariidae
  2. Global Taxonomic Database of Gracillariidae (Lepidoptera)