Stephensia cunilae

Stephensia cunilae
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Elachistidae
Genus: Stephensia
Species:
S. cunilae
Binomial name
Stephensia cunilae
Braun, 1930[1]

Stephensia cunilae is a moth of the family Elachistidae. It is found in the United States, where it has been recorded from Ohio, Kentucky and Indiana.

The wingspan is 6.5โ€“7 mm. Adults are on wing in late June and July and again in September in two generations per year.

The larvae feed on Cunila origanoides.Adults of the second generation overwinter.[2]

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