Stigmella ampullata (lat.) Is a species of baby moths of the genus Stigmella ( Nepticulinae ) from the family Nepticulidae .
| Stigmella ampullata |
| Scientific classification |
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| No rank : | Bilateral symmetrical |
| Subtype : | Tracheo-breathing |
| Infraclass : | Winged insects |
| Treasure : | Fully Transformed Insects |
| Squadron : | Amphiesmenoptera |
| Infrastructure : | Butterflies |
| Superfamily : | Nepticuloidea |
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| International scientific name |
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Stigmella ampullata Scoble, 1978 |
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Endemic of South Africa : South Africa ( Kruger National Park, Transvaal ) [1] . Length 3.8 mm. Antennae, chest, abdomen dark grayish-brown. Fore and hind wings are gray-brown. Caterpillars, presumably, like other species of a kind, feed on plants and mine the upper surface of the leaves [2] [3] . In the apical part of the fore wings, two veins are developed: R 4 + 5 and M [4] .