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Dialectica ehretiae

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Species of moth

Dialectica ehretiae
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gracillariidae
Genus: Dialectica
Species: D. ehretiae
Binomial name
Dialectica ehretiae
(Vári, 1961)
Synonyms
  • Acrocercops ehretiae Vári, 1961
Ehretia cymosa

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

The larvae feed on Ehretia cymosa var. abyssinica and Ehretia rigida. They mine the leaves of their host plant.

References

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


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