Stomphastis tremina

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

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

The larvae feed on Trema orientalis . They mine the leaves of their host plant.

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