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