Stephensia staudingeri
Stephensia staudingeri is a moth of the family Elachistidae. It is found on the island of Rhodes in Greece.
| Stephensia staudingeri | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Elachistidae |
| Genus: | Stephensia |
| Species: | S. staudingeri |
| Binomial name | |
| Stephensia staudingeri Nielsen & Traugott-Olsen, 1981[1] | |
The larvae feed on Origanum. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine starts as a small corridor, which is entirely filled with frass. Later, the mine becomes a full depth blotch with dispersed frass. The larva may vacate the mine and restart elsewhere. Pupation takes place outside of the mine in a dense spinning under a folded leaf margin.[2] Larvae can be found from early June to early July. They are colourless and without markings.
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