Dialectica geometra

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Dialectica geometra
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gracillariidae
Genus: Dialectica
Species:
D. geometra
Binomial name
Dialectica geometra
(Meyrick, 1916)[1]
Synonyms
  • Acrocercops geometra Meyrick, 1916

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Dialectica geometra is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from Hong Kong, Japan (the Ryukyu Islands), India (West Bengal, Tamil Nadu, Bihar, Delhi and Uttar Pradesh) and Réunion.[3] It has recently been recorded from China.[4] The wingspan is 6.5–8.2 mm.[5] The larvae feed on Cordia amplifolia, Cordia myxa, Ehretia laevis and Ehretia species, including Ehretia microphylla. They mine the leaves of their host plant.

References

  1. Japanese Moths
  2. Meyrick, E. 1916a. Exotic Microlepidoptera 1. – 1(16–20): page 626.
  3. Global Taxonomic Database of Gracillariidae (Lepidoptera)
  4. "A New Record Genus and Species of Gracillariidae (Lepidoptera) from China". Archived from the original on 2011-07-07. Retrieved 2010-11-16.
  5. Japanese species of the Acrocercops-group (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae). Part I