1. Lebendfotos

1.1. Falter

2. Biologie

2.1. Nahrung der Raupe

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

3. Weitere Informationen

3.1. Typenmaterial

Diškus & Stonis (2016: 105): “Holotype: ♂, ECUADOR: Tungurahua Province, Baños, 1°23'44''S, 78°26'14''W, elevation 1855 m, mining larvae on Baccharis emarginata (Ruiz & Pav.) Pers. 9.xi.2007, field card no. 4911, leg. A. Diškus, genitalia slide no. AD600♂ (ZMUC).” — Paratypen: 2 ♂♂ und 1 ♀ vom selben Fundort.

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.