Stomphastis tremina
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| Stomphastis tremina Vári, 1961[1]
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Stomphastis tremina is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from South Africa and Namibia.[2]
The larvae feed on Trema orientalis. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine has the form of a rather large, irregular, oblong, transparent blotch mine which starts as a very long, narrow gallery.
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