1. Lebendfotos

1.1. Falter

2. Biologie

2.1. Nahrung der Raupe

• [Asteraceae:] Liabum sp. [Typenzucht]

Diškus & Stonis (2018: 872) geben zu bedenken: “Three new species (Stigmella aeneola, S. violea and S. bracteata) were reared together from the same samples (Figs. 40–43) of very similar leaf mines; at this stage, differentiation of leaf mines seems impossible.”

3. Weitere Informationen

3.1. Typenmaterial

Diškus & Stonis (2018: 872): “Holotype: ♂, ECUADOR: Pichincha Province, 11 km NW Alóag, 0°26'42''S, 78°37'33''W, elevation 3090 m, mining larvae on Liabum sp. (Asteraceae), 26.ii.2007, field card no. 4899, A. Diškus and J. R. Stonis, genitalia slide no. AD690♂ (ZMUC). Paratypes: 2 ♀, same label data as holotype, genitalia slide no. AD882♀ (ZMUC).”

3.2. Literatur

• Erstbeschreibung: Stonis, J. R., Diškus, A., Katinas, L. & M. A. Solis (2018): Asteraceae: Host to the Greatest Diversity of Leafmining Nepticulidae (Lepidoptera) in South America? — Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 120 (4): 856-902.