Stomphastis aphrocyma

Stomphastis aphrocyma is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from South Africa and Zimbabwe.[2]

Stomphastis aphrocyma
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gracillariidae
Genus: Stomphastis
Species:
S. aphrocyma
Binomial name
Stomphastis aphrocyma
(Meyrick, 1918)[1]
Synonyms
  • Acrocercops aphrocyma Meyrick, 1918

The larvae feed on Croton sylvaticus. They mine the leaves of their host plant.

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