Stigmella charistis
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Stigmella charistis | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Nepticulidae |
Genus: | Stigmella |
Species: | S. charistis
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Binomial name | |
Stigmella charistis Vari, 1963
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Stigmella charistis is a moth of the family Nepticulidae. It was described by Vari in 1963. It is found in South Africa (it was described from the Umhlanga Rocks in Natal).[1]
The larvae feed on Grewia occidentalis. They probably mine the leaves of their host plant.
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