Stigmella oplismeniella

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

Stigmella oplismeniella is a moth of the family Nepticulidae. It is only known from Kyushu in Japan.

Adult are on wing from mid-May to early June. There is probably one generation per year.

The larvae feed on Oplismenus undulatifolius. They mine the leaves of their host plant.[1]

References

  1. ^ Japanese Species Of The Genus Stigmella (Nepticulidae: Lepidoptera)


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