''Stigmella maya'' is a

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 ...

of the family Nepticulidae. It is found on the

Yucatán Peninsula The Yucatán Peninsula (, also , ; es, Península de Yucatán ) is a large peninsula in southeastern Mexico and adjacent portions of Belize and Guatemala. The peninsula extends towards the northeast, separating the Gulf of Mexico to the north ...

of southeastern

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. This species is among the smallest Lepidoptera in the world. The larvae feed on ''

Karwinskia humboldtiana ''Karwinskia humboldtiana'', commonly known as coyotillo, cacachila or Humboldt coyotillo, is a species of flowering shrub or small tree in the family Rhamnaceae. It is native to southern and western Texas in the United States as well as much of ...

''. They mine the leaves of their host plant.New Nepticulidae species (Insecta: Lepidoptera) from the Yucatán Peninsula
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References

Moths described in 2013 Nepticulidae Moths of Central America {{Stigmella-stub