Stigmella nigrata | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Nepticulidae |
Genus: | Stigmella |
Species: | S. nigrata |
Binomial name | |
Stigmella nigrata (Meyrick, 1913) |
Stigmella nigrata is a moth of the Nepticulidae family. It was described by Meyrick in 1913. It is found in South Africa (it was described from the Waterval Onder in Transvaal).[1]
The larvae feed on Ziziphus mucronatus. They probably mine the leaves of their host plant.