Stigmella pyrivora
Appearance
Stigmella pyrivora | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Nepticulidae |
Genus: | Stigmella |
Species: | S. pyrivora
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Binomial name | |
Stigmella pyrivora Gustafsson, 1981
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Stigmella pyrivora is a moth of the family Nepticulidae. It is endemic to Cyprus.
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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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