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Dialectica pavonicola

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Species of moth

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

Dialectica pavonicola is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from South Africa.

The larvae feed on Pavonia columella. They mine the leaves of their host plant.

References

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


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