Stigmella rubeta
Appearance
Stigmella rubeta | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Nepticulidae |
Genus: | Stigmella |
Species: | S. rubeta
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Binomial name | |
Stigmella rubeta Puplesis & Diškus, 2002
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Stigmella rubeta is a moth of the family Nepticulidae. It is found in tropical montane forest of the western slopes of the Andes in Ecuador.
Description
[edit]The wingspan is about 4.5 mm. Adults have been found from February to early March.
The larvae feed on Rubus species. They mine the leaves of their host plant.
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