Stigmella tragilis

Stigmella tragilis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nepticulidae
Genus: Stigmella
Species:
S. tragilis
Binomial name
Stigmella tragilis
Scoble, 1978

Stigmella tragilis is a moth of the family Nepticulidae. It was described by Scoble in 1978. It is found in South Africa (it was described from Margate in Natal).

The larvae feed on Tragia durbanensis. They probably mine the leaves of their host plant.

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