Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Family Gracillariidae Scientific name Stomphastis crotonis | Phylum Arthropoda Order Lepidoptera Genus Stomphastis Rank Species | |
Stomphastis crotonis is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is known from South Africa and Namibia.
The larvae feed on Croton menyharthii. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine has the form of a moderate, irregular, more or less oblong, transparent blotch mine which starts as a narrow gallery.
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