Stigmella polydoxa

Stigmella polydoxa
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nepticulidae
Genus: Stigmella
Species: S. polydoxa
Binomial name
Stigmella polydoxa
(Meyrick, 1911)
Synonyms
  • Nepticula polydoxa Meyrick, 1911

Stigmella polydoxa is a moth of the Nepticulidae family. It is indigenous to Peradeniya, Sri Lanka.[1]

It is characterised by its small size of 3mm and a silvery tornal patch in cilia.[2]

References

  1. ↑ Nepticulidae and Opostegidae of the world
  2. ↑ Meyrick, 1911. Descriptions of Indian Micro-Lepidoptera. Part XIV. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society. Vol.XXI: 104-131.


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