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Stomphastis crotonis

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Stomphastis crotonis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gracillariidae
Genus: Stomphastis
Species:
S. crotonis
Binomial name
Stomphastis crotonis
Vári, 1961[1]

Stomphastis crotonis is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from South Africa and Namibia.[2]

The larvae feed on Croton menyharthii. They mine the leaves of their host plant.

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