Stomphastis thraustica

Stomphastis thraustica
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gracillariidae
Genus: Stomphastis
Species:
S. thraustica
Binomial name
Stomphastis thraustica
(Meyrick, 1908)[1]
Synonyms
  • Acrocercops thraustica Meyrick, 1908
  • Stomphastis plectica Meyrick, 1912
  • Stomphastis thaustica Bland, 1980

Stomphastis thraustica is a moth of the family Gracillariidae that was described by Edward Meyrick in 1908. It is known from Democratic Republic of Congo, Congo, Central African Republic, Ghana, Nigeria, Namibia, Zimbabwe, South Africa, Madagascar, Malaysia, Indonesia (Sulawesi, Java) and India (West Bengal, Karnataka).[2] It was recently also recorded in China,[3] where there are over ten overlapping generations per year.

The larvae feed on Jatropha species (including Jatropha curcas and Jatropha gossypifolia) and Sebastiana chamaelea. They mine the leaves of their host plant. Stomphastis thraustica has been released in Australia as a biologial control for bellyache bush (Jatropha gossypifolia).[4]


References

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  1. ↑ Afrotropical Gracillariidae
  2. ↑ Global Taxonomic Database of Gracillariidae (Lepidoptera)
  3. ↑ Morphological and biological observations on Stomphastis thraustica Meyrick (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae), a leaf miner of Jatropha curcas
  4. ↑ "The tale of the Jatropha leaf-miner, Stomphastis thraustica in Australia". eResearch Archive.


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