Stigmella sorbivora

Stigmella sorbivora
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nepticulidae
Genus: Stigmella
Species: S. sorbivora
Binomial name
Stigmella sorbivora
Kemperman & Wilkinson, 1985

Stigmella sorbivora is a moth of the Nepticulidae family. It is only known from Kyushu in Japan.

The larvae feed on Sorbus japonica. They mine the leaves of their host plant.


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