Stigmella kurotsubarai

Stigmella kurotsubarai
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nepticulidae
Genus: Stigmella
Species: S. kurotsubarai
Binomial name
Stigmella kurotsubarai
Kemperman & Wilkinson, 1985

Stigmella kurotsubarai is a moth of the Nepticulidae family. It is only known to exist on Honshu, the largest island in Japan.

The larvae feed on Rhamnus davurica var. nipponica. They mine the leaves of their host plant.


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