Stigmella alikurokoi is a moth of the family Nepticulidae. It is only known from Kyushu in Japan.
Stigmella alikurokoi | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Nepticulidae |
Genus: | Stigmella |
Species: | S. alikurokoi
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Binomial name | |
Stigmella alikurokoi Kemperman & Wilkinson, 1985
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There are three generations or more per year.
The larvae feed on Rubus buergeri, Rubus phoenicolasius and Rubus palmatus var. coptophyllus. They mine the leaves of their host plant.
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