Stigmella geranica

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

Stigmella geranica is a moth of the Nepticulidae family. It was described by Scoble in 1978. It is found in South Africa (it was described from Natal).[1]

The larvae feed on Geranium cf pulchrum species. They probably mine the leaves of their host plant.

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