Stomphastis dodonaeae

Stomphastis dodonaeae is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from South Africa and Madagascar.[2]

Stomphastis dodonaeae
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S. dodonaeae
Binomial name
Stomphastis dodonaeae
VĂ¡ri, 1961[1]

The larvae feed on Dodonaea madagascariensis and Dodonaea viscosa. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine has the form of a moderate, irregular, oblong, transparent blotch mine which starts as a very long, narrow gallery.

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