1. Lebendfotos

1.1. Falter

2. Biologie

2.1. Nahrung der Raupe

• [Asteraceae:] Baccharis conferta [Zucht des Holotypus]

3. Weitere Informationen

3.1. Typenmaterial

Diškus & Stonis (2016: 124): “Holotype: ♀ (see Remarks), ECUADOR: Napo Province, ca. 10 km W Papallacta (páramo), 0°21'45''S, 78°11'35''W, elevation 3700–3800 m a.s.l., mining larvae on Baccharis conferta Kunth, 13.i.2005, field card no. 4862, leg. A. Diškus, J. R. Stonis, genitalia slide nos AD638♀ (ZMUC).” — Paratypus: 1 ♀ mit denselben Etikettendaten.

3.2. Literatur

• Erstbeschreibung: Stonis, J. R., Diškus, A., Remeikis, A., Davis, D. R., Solis, M. A. & N. C. Torres (2016): The first record of Baccharis L. (Asteraceae) as a host-plant genus for Nepticulidae (Lepidoptera), with description of new Stigmella species from South America. — Zootaxa 4136 (1): 101-128.