| Stigmella kao | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nepticulidae |
| Genus: | Stigmella |
| Species: | S. kao |
| Binomial name | |
| Stigmella kao van Nieukerken & Y.Q. Liu, 2000 |
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Stigmella kao is a moth of the Nepticulidae family. It is only known from Yunnan.
The wingspan is 6.0-6.7 mm. Larvae have been found in October, adults were reared in November.
The larvae feed on Castanopsis orthocantha. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine consists of a linear mine along the midrib of the leaf towards the tip, occasionally following a lateral vein, then suddenly turning back and becoming an elongated blotch. The frass almost fills the gallery, in a blotch in two lateral lines. The mine resembles that of some Ectoedemia species, such as Ectoedemia intimella.