Stomphastis Meyrick, 1912

Triberti, Paolo, Staude, Hermann, Sharp, Ian & Lopez-Vaamonde, Carlos, 2024, Exploring the diversity of Gracillariidae (Lepidoptera) in South Africa: host plants, distribution, and DNA barcoding analysis, with the description of nine new species, Zootaxa 5529 (1), pp. 1-51 : 10

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.5529.1.1
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14041050
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scientific name	Stomphastis Meyrick, 1912
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This Afrotropical genus consists of 15 species of which 11 feed on Euphorbiaceae and it is distributed almost exclusively in the southern regions. In South Africa 11 species are reported, seven of which feed on Euphorbiaceae (De Prins & De Prins 2011−2023b).

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Taxonomy

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Arthropoda
Class	Insecta
Order	Lepidoptera
Family	Gracillariidae

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