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Stomphastis crotoniphila

Wikipedia Abstract

Stomphastis crotoniphila is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is known from South Africa. 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 an extremely long and narrow gallery.
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Prey / Diet

Croton sylvaticus[1]

Prey / Diet Overlap

Competing SpeciesCommon Prey Count
Stomphastis aphrocyma1

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Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants Gaden S. Robinson, Phillip R. Ackery, Ian J. Kitching, George W. Beccaloni AND Luis M. Hernández
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0