Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Family Gracillariidae Scientific name Stomphastis aphrocyma | Phylum Arthropoda Order Lepidoptera Genus Stomphastis Rank Species | |
Stomphastis aphrocyma is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is known from South Africa and Zimbabwe.
The larvae feed on Croton sylvaticus. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine has the form of a moderate, irregular, oblong to semi-circular, transparent blotch mine which starts as a very short gallery.
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