Stomphastis aphrocyma is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from South Africa and Zimbabwe.[2]
Stomphastis aphrocyma | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Infraorder: | Heteroneura |
Family: | Gracillariidae |
Genus: | Stomphastis |
Species: | S. aphrocyma |
Binomial name | |
Stomphastis aphrocyma (Meyrick, 1918)[1] | |
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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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