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Stigmella pyrivora

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Stigmella pyrivora
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nepticulidae
Genus: Stigmella
Species:
S. pyrivora
Binomial name
Stigmella pyrivora
Gustafsson, 1981

Stigmella pyrivora is a moth of the family Nepticulidae. It is endemic to Cyprus.

Pyrus syriaca, the host plant of the species

The larvae feed on Pyrus syriaca. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine resembles the mine of Stigmella paradoxa.

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