1. Lebendfotos

1.1. Falter

2. Biologie

2.1. Nahrung der Raupe

• [Asteraceae:] Liabum sp. [Zucht des Holotypus (und der Paratypen?)]

Diškus & Stonis (2018: 876) geben zu bedenken: “Three new species (Stigmella violea, S. bracteata and S. aeneola) were reared together from the same samples (Figs. 40–43) of very similar leaf mines; at this stage, differentiation of leaf mines seemed impossible.”

3. Weitere Informationen

3.1. Typenmaterial

Diškus & Stonis (2018: 876): “Holotype: ♀, ECUADOR: Pichincha Province, 11 km NW Alóag, 0°26'44''S, 78°37'33''W, elevation 3090 m, mining larvae on Liabum sp. (Asteraceae), 26.ii.2007, field card no. 4900, A. Diškus and J. R. Stonis, genitalia slide no. AD833♀ (ZMUC). Paratypes: 2 ♀, same label data as holotype (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.