Stigmella orientalis

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

Stigmella orientalis is a moth of the family Nepticulidae. It is only known from Kyushu in Japan.[1]

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

References

  1. ^ Japanese Species Of The Genus Stigmella (Nepticulidae: Lepidoptera)


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