Stigmella rubeta

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Stigmella rubeta is a moth of the family Nepticulidae. It is found in tropical montane forest of the western slopes of the Andes in Ecuador.

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Stigmella rubeta
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nepticulidae
Genus: Stigmella
Species:
S. rubeta
Binomial name
Stigmella rubeta
Puplesis & Diškus, 2002
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Description

The wingspan is about 4.5 mm. Adults have been found from February to early March.

The larvae feed on Rubus species. They mine the leaves of their host plant.


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