Stomphastis
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Stomphastis is a genus of moth
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Moth
A moth is an insect closely related to the butterfly, both being of the order Lepidoptera. Moths form the majority of this order; there are thought to be 150,000 to 250,000 different species of moth , with thousands of species yet to be described...
s in the family Gracillariidae
Gracillariidae
Gracillariidae is an important family of insects in the order Lepidoptera and the principal family of leaf miners that includes several economic, horticultural or recently invasive pest species such as the horse-chestnut leaf miner, Cameraria ohridella....
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Species
- Stomphastis adesaStomphastis adesaStomphastis adesa is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is known from Madagascar and Nigeria....
Triberti, 1988 - Stomphastis aphrocymaStomphastis aphrocymaStomphastis aphrocyma is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is known from South Africa and Zimbabwe.The larvae feed on Croton sylvaticus. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine has the form of a moderate, irregular, oblong to semi-circular, transparent blotch mine which starts as a...
(Meyrick, 1918) - Stomphastis cardamitisStomphastis cardamitisStomphastis cardamitis is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is known from South Africa and Namibia.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,...
(Meyrick, 1921) - Stomphastis chalybacmaStomphastis chalybacmaStomphastis chalybacma is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is known from India, Indonesia , Malaysia , Myanmar, Sri Lanka and Thailand....
(Meyrick, 1908) - Stomphastis confluaStomphastis confluaStomphastis conflua is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is known from Cyprus, the Caucasus, Israel, the Palestinian Territory, Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Egypt, Zimbabwe, Nigeria, Sudan, Mozambique and South Africa....
(Meyrick, 1914) - Stomphastis crotoniphilaStomphastis crotoniphilaStomphastis crotoniphila is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is known from South Africa.The larvae feed on Croton sylvaticus. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine has the form of a moderate, irregular, oblong to semi-circular, transparent blotch mine which starts as an...
Vári, 1961 - Stomphastis crotonisStomphastis crotonisStomphastis crotonis is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is known from South Africa and Namibia.The larvae feed on Croton menyharthii. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine has the form of a moderate, irregular, more or less oblong, transparent blotch mine which starts as a...
Vári, 1961 - Stomphastis dodonaeaeStomphastis dodonaeaeStomphastis dodonaeae is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is known from South Africa and Madagascar.The larvae feed on Dodonaea madagascariensis and Dodonaea viscosa. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine has the form of a moderate, irregular, oblong, transparent blotch mine...
Vári, 1961 - Stomphastis eugraptaStomphastis eugraptaStomphastis eugrapta is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is known from South Africa and Madagascar....
Vári, 1961 - Stomphastis heringiStomphastis heringiStomphastis heringi is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is known from Ethiopia.The larvae feed on Croton macrostachyus. They probably mine the leaves of their host plant....
Vári, 1963 - Stomphastis horrensStomphastis horrensStomphastis horrens is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is known from Ethiopia....
(Meyrick, 1932) - Stomphastis labyrinthicaStomphastis labyrinthicaStomphastis labyrinthica is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is known from India and Japan .The larvae feed on Guazuma tomentosa, Guazuma ulmifolia and Trema . They probably mine the leaves of their host plant....
(Meyrick, 1918) - Stomphastis mixograptaStomphastis mixograptaStomphastis mixograpta is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is known from South Africa....
Vári, 1961 - Stomphastis polygoniStomphastis polygoniStomphastis polygoni is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is known from China and Zimbabwe....
Vári, 1961 - Stomphastis rorkeiStomphastis rorkeiStomphastis rorkei is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is known from South Africa, Namibia and Zimbabwe.The larvae feed on Croton gratissimus. 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...
Vári, 1961 - Stomphastis thrausticaStomphastis thrausticaStomphastis 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 and India . It was recently also recorded from China...
(Meyrick, 1908) - Stomphastis treminaStomphastis treminaStomphastis tremina is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is known from South Africa and Namibia.The larvae feed on Trema orientalis. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine has the form of a rather large, irregular, oblong, transparent blotch mine which starts as a very long,...
Vári, 1961