Stigmella montanotropica
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Stigmella montanotropica | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Nepticulidae |
Genus: | Stigmella |
Species: | S. montanotropica
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Binomial name | |
Stigmella montanotropica Puplesis & Diškus, 2002
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Stigmella montanotropica is a moth of the family Nepticulidae. It is found in tropical montane forest on the western slopes on the Andes in Ecuador.
The wingspan is 5-5.1 mm for females. Adults have been found from February to early March.
The larvae feed on Acalypha species. They mine the leaves of their host plant.
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