Stigmella rubeta
| Stigmella rubeta | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nepticulidae |
| Genus: | Stigmella |
| Species: | S. rubeta
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| Binomial name | |
| Stigmella rubeta Puplesis & Diškus, 2002
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Stigmella rubeta is a moth of the family Nepticulidae. It is found in tropical montane forest of the western slopes of the Andes in Ecuador.
Description
[edit]The wingspan is about 4.5 mm. Adults have been found from February to early March.
The larvae feed on Rubus species. They mine the leaves of their host plant.
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