Stigmella ipomoeella

Stigmella ipomoeella
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nepticulidae
Genus: Stigmella
Species:
S. ipomoeella
Binomial name
Stigmella ipomoeella
(Gustafsson, 1976)[1]

Stigmella ipomoeella is a moth of the family Nepticulidae. It is known from Sri Lanka.

The larvae feed on Ipomoea species. They probably mine the leaves of their host plant.

References

  1. ^ Gustafsson, Bert (1976). "A new species of Nepticula v. Heyden and redescription of Trifurcula clinomochla (Meyrick) from Sri Lanka (Lep., Nepticulidae)" (PDF). Entomologisk Tidskrift. 97: 45–49.


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