Stigmella polydoxa

Stigmella polydoxa is a moth of the family Nepticulidae. It is indigenous to Peradeniya, Sri Lanka.[1]

Stigmella polydoxa
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nepticulidae
Genus: Stigmella
Species:
S. polydoxa
Binomial name
Stigmella polydoxa
= (Meyrick, 1911)
Synonyms
  • Nepticula polydoxa Meyrick, 1911

It is characterised by its small size of 3mm and a silvery tornal patch in cilia.[2]

References
  1. Nepticulidae and Opostegidae of the world
  2. Meyrick, 1911. Descriptions of Indian Micro-Lepidoptera. Part XIV. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society. Vol.XXI: 104-131.


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