Stomphastis thraustica

Stomphastis thraustica
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gracillariidae
Genus: Stomphastis
Species: S. thraustica
Binomial name
Stomphastis thraustica
(Meyrick, 1908)[1]
Synonyms
  • Acrocercops thraustica Meyrick, 1908
  • Stomphastis plectica Meyrick, 1912
  • Stomphastis thaustica Bland, 1980

Stomphastis thraustica is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is known from Democratic Republic of Congo, Congo, Central African Republic, Ghana, Nigeria, Namibia, Zimbabwe, South Africa, Madagascar, Malaysia, Indonesia (Sulawesi, Java) and India (West Bengal, Karnataka).[2] It was recently also recorded from China.[3]

In China, there are over ten overlapping generations per year.

The larvae feed on Jatropha species (including Jatropha curcas and Jatropha gossypifolia) and Sebastiana chamaelea. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine has the form of an irregular blotch mine, often several on one leaf.

References

  1. ↑ Afrotropical Gracillariidae
  2. ↑ Global Taxonomic Database of Gracillariidae (Lepidoptera)
  3. ↑ Morphological and biological observations on Stomphastis thraustica Meyrick (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae), a leaf miner of Jatropha curcas
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