Stomphastis dodonaeae
Stomphastis dodonaeae | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Gracillariidae |
Genus: | Stomphastis |
Species: | S. dodonaeae |
Binomial name | |
Stomphastis dodonaeae Vári, 1961[1] | |
Stomphastis dodonaeae is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is known from South Africa and Madagascar.[2]
The larvae feed on Dodonaea madagascariensis and Dodonaea viscosa. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine has the form of a moderate, irregular, oblong, transparent blotch mine which starts as a very long, narrow gallery.
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