Stigmella geranica
Stigmella geranica | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Nepticulidae |
Genus: | Stigmella |
Species: | S. geranica |
Binomial name | |
Stigmella geranica Scoble, 1978 | |
Stigmella geranica is a moth of the Nepticulidae family. It was described by Scoble in 1978. It is found in South Africa (it was described from Natal).[1]
The larvae feed on Geranium cf pulchrum species. They probably mine the leaves of their host plant.
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