Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Family Lyonetiidae Rank Species | Phylum Arthropoda Order Lepidoptera Genus Stegommata | |
Stegommata leptomitella, the hakea leaf-miner is a species of moth in the Lyonetiidae family. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1880. It is found in New Zealand and Australia, where it has been recorded from Queensland, New South Wales and Victoria.
The wingspan is about 8 mm. Adults are fawn.
The larvae feed on Hakea species. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine starts as a straight corridor, filled with frass. Later, the mine is widened into a blotch with the frass deposited around the periphery. Pupation takes place outside of the mine in a flimsy white cocoon.
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