Stigmella xystodes is a moth of the family Nepticulidae first described by Edward Meyrick in 1916. It is found from the Oriental region to the Near East, North Africa and the Canary Islands.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nepticulidae |
| Genus: | Stigmella |
| Species: | S. xystodes
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| Stigmella xystodes (Meyrick, 1916)
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The wingspan is 4.9–6.6 mm for males and 5–5.5 mm for females. Adults are on wing from July to August in the orient.
The larvae feed on Cyperus rotundus and probably Cyperus conglomeratus. They mine the leaves of their host plant.
Original description
edit(S . 4-5 mm) Head ochreous-yellow, collar whitish. Antennae and eyecaps whitish. Thorax and abdomen light grey. Forewings lanceolate, light rather glossy grey; cilia whitish, tinged with grey on basal half, hindwings pale grey; cilia grey-whitish. Bengal, Pusa, in July and August (Fletcher); two specimens.
— Original description by Edward Meyrick
External links
edit- Fauna Europaea
- Meyrick, Edward (1916–1923). Exotic Microlepidoptera. 2 (1): 6.
- Nepticulidae and Opostegidae of the World
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