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Stomphastis aphrocyma

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Stomphastis aphrocyma
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S. aphrocyma
Binomial name
Stomphastis aphrocyma
(Meyrick, 1918)[1]
Synonyms
  • Acrocercops aphrocyma Meyrick, 1918

Stomphastis aphrocyma is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from South Africa and Zimbabwe.[2]

The larvae feed on Croton sylvaticus. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine has the form of a moderate, irregular, oblong to semi-circular, transparent blotch mine which starts as a very short gallery.

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