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Dialectica carcharota

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Species of moth

Dialectica carcharota
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gracillariidae
Genus: Dialectica
Species: D. carcharota
Binomial name
Dialectica carcharota
Meyrick, 1912
Synonyms
  • Acrocercops carcharota Meyrick, 1912

Dialectica carcharota is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from South Africa, Ethiopia and Zimbabwe.

The larvae feed on Borago officinalis, Cynoglossum hochstetteri and Lithospermum species.

References

  1. Afrotropical Gracillariidae
  2. Global Taxonomic Database of Gracillariidae (Lepidoptera)
Taxon identifiers
Dialectica carcharota
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