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Stomphastis cardamitis

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Stomphastis cardamitis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gracillariidae
Genus: Stomphastis
Species:
S. cardamitis
Binomial name
Stomphastis cardamitis
(Meyrick, 1921)[1]
Synonyms
  • Parectopa cardamitis Meyrick, 1921

Stomphastis cardamitis is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from South Africa and Namibia.[2]

The larvae feed on Croton subgratissimus. They mine the leaves of their host plant.

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