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Stigmella abutilonica

Stigmella abutilonica is a moth of the family Nepticulidae. It was described by Scoble in 1978. It is found in South Africa.

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Stigmella abutilonica
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nepticulidae
Genus: Stigmella
Species:
S. abutilonica
Binomial name
Stigmella abutilonica
Scoble, 1978

Stigmella abutilonica is a moth of the family Nepticulidae. It was described by Scoble in 1978. It is found in South Africa (it was described from the Umhlanga Rocks in Natal).1

The larvae feed on Abutilon grantii. They probably mine the leaves of their host plant.

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