| Stigmella sesplicata | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nepticulidae |
| Genus: | Stigmella |
| Species: | S. sesplicata
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| Binomial name | |
| Stigmella sesplicata Kemperman & Wilkinson, 1985
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Stigmella sesplicata is a moth of the family Nepticulidae. It is found in Japan (Kyushu).[1]
The larvae feed on Rhododendron species. They probably mine the leaves of their host plant.
Taxonomy
It was previously treated as a synonym of Stigmella lediella.
References
Wikispecies has information related to Stigmella sesplicata.
- ^ Nepticulidae (Lepidoptera) of East Asia (2). Study of a collection sample deposited at the Russian Academy of Sciences, with descriptions of new species and a checklist
