Stomphastis polygoni
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Stomphastis polygoni Vári, 1961[1]
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Stomphastis polygoni is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from China (Hong Kong, Yunnan, Hainan and Guangdong) and Zimbabwe.[2]
The larvae feed on Polygonum setosulum. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine has the form of a rather large, very irregular, oblong, transparent blotch mine which starts as a long, narrow gallery.
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