Stigmella platina

Stigmella platina
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nepticulidae
Genus: Stigmella
Species: S. platina
Binomial name
Stigmella platina
Donner & Wilkinson, 1989

Stigmella platina is a moth of the Nepticulidae family. It is found in New Zealand.

The length of the forewings is about 3 mm.

The larvae probably feed on Brachyglottis eleagnifοlius, as adults have been swept from this shrub.


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