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Stigmella sesplicata

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Stigmella sesplicata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nepticulidae
Genus: Stigmella
Species:
S. sesplicata
Binomial name
Stigmella sesplicata
Kemperman & Wilkinson, 1985

Stigmella sesplicata is a moth of the family Nepticulidae. It is found in Japan (Kyushu).[1]

The larvae feed on Rhododendron species. They probably mine the leaves of their host plant.

Taxonomy

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It was previously treated as a synonym of Stigmella lediella.

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