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Stigmella abutilonica

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Stigmella abutilonica
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nepticulidae
Genus: Stigmella
Species:
S. abutilonica
Binomial name
Stigmella abutilonica
Scoble, 1978

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

The larvae feed on Abutilon grantii. They probably mine the leaves of their host plant.

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