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Aspilapteryx grypota

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Species of moth

Aspilapteryx grypota
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gracillariidae
Genus: Aspilapteryx
Species: A. grypota
Binomial name
Aspilapteryx grypota
(Meyrick, 1914)
Synonyms
  • Gracilaria grypota Meyrick, 1914

Aspilapteryx grypota is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from South Africa.

The larvae feed on Salix babylonica. They probably mine the leaves of their host plant.

References

  1. Afrotropical Gracillariidae Archived July 23, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
  2. Global Taxonomic Database of Gracillariidae (Lepidoptera)
Taxon identifiers
Aspilapteryx grypota


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