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Dialectica praegemina

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Species of moth

Dialectica praegemina
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gracillariidae
Genus: Dialectica
Species: D. praegemina
Binomial name
Dialectica praegemina
Meyrick, 1917
Synonyms
  • Acrocercops praegemina Meyrick, 1917

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

The larvae feed on Lobostemon glaucophyllus. They probably mine the leaves of their host plant.

References

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


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