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Pleiomorpha homotypa

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Species of moth

Pleiomorpha homotypa
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gracillariidae
Genus: Pleiomorpha
Species: P. homotypa
Binomial name
Pleiomorpha homotypa
VΓ‘ri, 1961

Pleiomorpha homotypa is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is found in South Africa.

The larvae feed on Diospyros lycioides. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine has the form of a small, oblong, transparent, tentiform mine along the mid-rib.

References

  1. Afrotropical Gracillariidae
  2. Global Taxonomic Database of Gracillariidae (Lepidoptera)
Taxon identifiers
Pleiomorpha homotypa


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