Stigmella montanotropica

Stigmella montanotropica is a moth of the family Nepticulidae. It is found in tropical montane forest on the western slopes on the Andes in Ecuador.

Stigmella montanotropica
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nepticulidae
Genus: Stigmella
Species:
S. montanotropica
Binomial name
Stigmella montanotropica
Puplesis & Diškus, 2002

The wingspan is 5-5.1 mm for females. Adults have been found from February to early March.

The larvae feed on Acalypha species. They mine the leaves of their host plant.

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