Stomphastis dodonaeae
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| Species: | S. dodonaeae
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| Stomphastis dodonaeae Vári, 1961[1]
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Stomphastis dodonaeae is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is known from South Africa and Madagascar.[2]
The larvae feed on Dodonaea madagascariensis and Dodonaea viscosa. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine has the form of a moderate, irregular, oblong, transparent blotch mine which starts as a very long, narrow gallery.
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