1. Lebendfotos

1.1. Falter

2. Biologie

2.1. Nahrung der Raupe

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

3. Weitere Informationen

3.1. Typenmaterial

Diškus & Stonis (2016: 110): “Holotype: ♂ (see Remarks), ECUADOR: 15 km SW Cajabamba (Chimborazo Province), 1°45'41''S, 78°48'51''W, elevation 3870 m a.s.l., mining larvae on Baccharis buxifolia (Lam.) Pers. 19.ii.2007, field card no. 4874, leg. A. Diškus, J. R. Stonis, genitalia slide nos AD622♂ (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.