Stomphastis cardamitis

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

Stomphastis cardamitis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Infraorder:
Heteroneura
Family:
Gracillariidae
Genus:
Stomphastis
Species:
S. cardamitis
Binomial name
Stomphastis cardamitis
(Meyrick, 1921)[1]
Synonyms
  • Parectopa cardamitis Meyrick, 1921

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

References
  1. Afrotropical Gracillariidae
  2. Global Taxonomic Database of Gracillariidae (Lepidoptera)


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