Stigmella charistis

Stigmella charistis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nepticulidae
Genus: Stigmella
Species:
S. charistis
Binomial name
Stigmella charistis
Vari, 1963

Stigmella charistis is a moth of the family Nepticulidae. It was described by Vari in 1963. It is found in South Africa (it was described from the Umhlanga Rocks in Natal).

The larvae feed on Grewia occidentalis. They probably mine the leaves of their host plant.

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