Stigmella zizyphi
| Stigmella zizyphi | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nepticulidae |
| Genus: | Stigmella |
| Species: | S. zizyphi |
| Binomial name | |
| Stigmella zizyphi (Walsingham, 1911) | |
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Stigmella zizyphi is a moth of the Nepticulidae family. It was described by Walsingham in 1911 and is endemic to Algeria.[1]
The larvae feed on Ziziphus lotus. They mine the leaves of their host plant.
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