Stephensia staudingeri

Stephensia staudingeri is a moth of the family Elachistidae. It is found on the island of Rhodes in Greece.

Stephensia staudingeri
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S. staudingeri
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Stephensia staudingeri
Nielsen & Traugott-Olsen, 1981[1]

The larvae feed on Origanum. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine starts as a small corridor, which is entirely filled with frass. Later, the mine becomes a full depth blotch with dispersed frass. The larva may vacate the mine and restart elsewhere. Pupation takes place outside of the mine in a dense spinning under a folded leaf margin.[2] Larvae can be found from early June to early July. They are colourless and without markings.

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