Stigmella varii

Stigmella varii
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nepticulidae
Genus: Stigmella
Species: S. varii
Binomial name
Stigmella varii
Scoble, 1978

Stigmella varii is a moth of the Nepticulidae family. It was described by Scoble in 1978. It is found in South Africa (it was described from the Brits District Hartebeespoortdam in Transvaal).[1]

The larvae feed on Croton gratissimus. They probably mine the leaves of their host plant.

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