''Stigmella tragilis'' 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 was described by Scoble in 1978. It is found in

South Africa South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the southernmost country in Africa. It is bounded to the south by of coastline that stretch along the South Atlantic and Indian Oceans; to the north by the neighbouring count ...

(it was described from Margate in Natal).Nepticulidae and Opostegidae of the world
/ref> The larvae feed on ''

Tragia durbanensis ''Tragia durbanensis'', the stinging nettle creeper, is a twining herb in the family Euphorbiaceae,Pooley, E. (1998). ''A Field Guide to Wild Flowers; KwaZulu-Natal and the Eastern Region''. . with a restricted distribution in southern Africa ...

''. They probably mine the leaves of their host plant.

References

Endemic moths of South Africa Nepticulidae Moths of Africa Moths described in 1978 {{Stigmella-stub