Stigmella sophorae: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Lepidoptera
- Family
- Nepticulidae
- Genus
- Stigmella
- Species
- Stigmella sophorae
- Scientific Name
- Stigmella sophorae
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Stigmella sophorae
Stigmella sophorae is a moth of the family Nepticulidae. This species was first described by George Hudson in 1939. It is endemic to New Zealand and is found in the North and South Islands. Larvae are leaf miners and feed on Sophora tetraptera and Sophora microphylla. Larvae have been observed from April to August. Adults have been seen on the wing in February and from August to December. There is one generation per year.
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Parent Taxon
Sibling Taxa
- Stigmella aigialeia
- Stigmella aliena
- Stigmella atrata
- Stigmella cassiniae
- Stigmella childi
- Stigmella cypracma
- Stigmella erysibodea
- Stigmella fulva
- Stigmella hakekeae
- Stigmella hamishella
- Stigmella hoheriae
- Stigmella ilsea
- Stigmella insignis
- Stigmella kaimanua
- Stigmella laquaeorum
- Stigmella lucida
- Stigmella maoriella
- Stigmella ogygia
- Stigmella oriastra
- Stigmella palaga
- Stigmella platina
- Stigmella progama
- Stigmella progonopis
- Stigmella propalaea
- Stigmella sophorae
- Stigmella tricentra
- Stigmella watti






