Stigmella kurokoi

Stigmella kurokoi
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nepticulidae
Genus: Stigmella
Species: S. kurokoi
Binomial name
Stigmella kurokoi
Puplesis, 1984
Synonyms
  • Stigmella valvaurigemmata Kemperman & Wilkinson, 1985

Stigmella kurokoi is a moth of the Nepticulidae family. It is only known from Japan (Kyushu and Hokkaido) and Russia (Primorskiy Kray), but is probably also present in China.

The larvae feed on Quercus dentata. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine consists of a linear gallery.


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