Stomphastis crotonis
| Stomphastis crotonis | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Gracillariidae |
| Genus: | Stomphastis |
| Species: | S. crotonis |
| Binomial name | |
| Stomphastis crotonis Vári, 1961[1] | |
Stomphastis crotonis is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is known from South Africa and Namibia.[2]
The larvae feed on Croton menyharthii. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine has the form of a moderate, irregular, more or less oblong, transparent blotch mine which starts as a narrow gallery.