Stigmella hoplometalla

Stigmella hoplometalla is a moth of the family Nepticulidae. It is known from Maharashtra in India.

Stigmella hoplometalla
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nepticulidae
Genus: Stigmella
Species:
S. hoplometalla
Binomial name
Stigmella hoplometalla
(Meyrick, 1934)
Synonyms
  • Nepticula hoplometalla Meyrick, 1934

The larvae feed on Butea frondosa. They probably mine the leaves of their host plant.

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