Stomphastis cardamitis | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Gracillariidae |
Genus: | Stomphastis |
Species: | S. cardamitis |
Binomial name | |
Stomphastis cardamitis (Meyrick, 1921)[1] |
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Stomphastis cardamitis is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is known from South Africa and Namibia.[2]
The larvae feed on Croton subgratissimus. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine has the form of a moderate, irregular, oblong, semi-transparent blotch mine which starts as a narrow, short gallery.