Stigmella crotonica

Stigmella crotonica
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nepticulidae
Genus: Stigmella
Species: S. crotonica
Binomial name
Stigmella crotonica
Scoble, 1978

Stigmella crotonica is a moth of the Nepticulidae family. It was described by Scoble in 1978. It is found in Zimbabwe (it was described from Mount Selinda).[1]

The larvae feed on Croton sylvaticus. They probably mine the leaves of their host plant.

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