Stigmella wollofella

Stigmella wollofella
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nepticulidae
Genus: Stigmella
Species: S. wollofella
Binomial name
Stigmella wollofella
(Gustafsson, 1972)

Stigmella wollofella is a moth of the Nepticulidae family. It was described by Gustafsson in 1972 and is endemic to Gambia where it was discovered in Gambia River, which flows between Basse Santa Su and Banjul.[1]

The larvae feed on Ziziphus mauritania. They probably mine the leaves of their host plant.

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