Stigmella cathepostis

Stigmella cathepostis is a moth of the family Nepticulidae. It is only known from Kyushu in Japan and the Russian Far East (Primorskiy Kray).

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

There might be up to three generations per year.

The larvae feed on Carpinus tschonoskii. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine consists of a linear, nearly full depth gallery which is restricted by mid-rib and lateral veins. The early part of the mine is slender, later it becomes gradually broader, and runs along veins. The mine is whitish green to whitish brown, with a dark brown frass line in centre.


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