''Stigmella elachistarcha'' is a type of
moth
Moths are a paraphyletic group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not butterflies, with moths making up the vast majority of the order. There are thought to be approximately 160,000 species of moth, many of ...
in the family
Nepticulidae. It is known from
Maharashtra in
India
India, officially the Republic of India ( Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the second-most populous country, and the most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the ...
.
The larvae feed on ''
Zizyphus rugosa
''Ziziphus'' is a genus of about 40 species of spiny shrubs and small trees in the buckthorn family, Rhamnaceae, distributed in the warm-temperate, subtropical and tropical regions of the world. The leaves are alternate, entire, with three promi ...
''. They probably
mine the leaves of their host plant.
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Nepticulidae and Opostegidae of the world
Nepticulidae
Moths of Asia
Moths described in 1934
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