Stomphastis cardamitis
| Stomphastis cardamitis | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Gracillariidae |
| Genus: | Stomphastis |
| Species: | S. cardamitis |
| Binomial name | |
| Stomphastis cardamitis (Meyrick, 1921)[1] | |
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Stomphastis cardamitis is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is known from South Africa and Namibia.[2]
The larvae feed on Croton subgratissimus. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine has the form of a moderate, irregular, oblong, semi-transparent blotch mine which starts as a narrow, short gallery.
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