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Stigmella oplismeniella

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Species of moth

Stigmella oplismeniella
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nepticulidae
Genus: Stigmella
Species: S. oplismeniella
Binomial name
Stigmella oplismeniella
Kemperman & Wilkinson, 1985

Stigmella oplismeniella is a moth of the family Nepticulidae. It is only known from Kyushu in Japan.

Adult are on wing from mid-May to early June. There is probably one generation per year.

The larvae feed on Oplismenus undulatifolius. They mine the leaves of their host plant.

References

  1. Japanese Species Of The Genus Stigmella (Nepticulidae: Lepidoptera)
Taxon identifiers
Stigmella oplismeniella


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