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Dialectica galapagosensis

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Species of moth

Dialectica galapagosensis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gracillariidae
Genus: Dialectica
Species: D. galapagosensis
Binomial name
Dialectica galapagosensis
Landry, 2006

Dialectica galapagosensis is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from the Galápagos Islands.

The larvae feed on Macraea laricifolia. They probably mine the leaves of their host plant.

References

  1. Global Taxonomic Database of Gracillariidae (Lepidoptera)
Taxon identifiers
Dialectica galapagosensis


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