Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Family Gracillariidae Scientific name Stomphastis dodonaeae | Phylum Arthropoda Order Lepidoptera Genus Stomphastis Rank Species | |
Stomphastis dodonaeae is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is known from South Africa and Madagascar.
The larvae feed on Dodonaea madagascariensis and Dodonaea viscosa. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine has the form of a moderate, irregular, oblong, transparent blotch mine which starts as a very long, narrow gallery.
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