Stigmella sesplicata

Stigmella sesplicata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nepticulidae
Genus: Stigmella
Species: S. sesplicata
Binomial name
Stigmella sesplicata
Kemperman & Wilkinson, 1985

Stigmella sesplicata is a moth of the Nepticulidae family. It is found in Japan (Kyushu).[1]

The larvae feed on Rhododendron species. They probably mine the leaves of their host plant.

Taxonomy

It was previously treated as a synonym of Stigmella lediella.

References

  1. ↑ Nepticulidae (Lepidoptera) of East Asia (2). Study of a collection sample deposited at the Russian Academy of Sciences, with descriptions of new species and a checklist
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