Stigmella alikurokoi

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

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

There are three generations or more per year.

The larvae feed on Rubus buergeri, Rubus phoenicolasius and Rubus palmatus var. coptophyllus. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine consists of a linear, long and slender gallery on the upper surface of the leaf. It sometimes runs along the leaf margin and the mid rib. It is greenish brown to brown with a dark brown central line of frass.


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