Spulerina hexalocha | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Gracillariidae |
Genus: | Spulerina |
Species: | S. hexalocha |
Binomial name | |
Spulerina hexalocha (Meyrick, 1912) | |
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Spulerina hexalocha is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from Reunion, Sierra Leone and South Africa.
The larvae feed on Sclerocarya birrea and Sclerocarya afra. They probably mine the leaves of their host plant.
References
- Afrotropical Gracillariidae
- Bippus, M., 2019. New records of Gracillariidae (Lepidoptera) from the islands of Madagascar, Mauritius and Réunion. - Phelsuma 27 (2019); 18-35.
- Global Taxonomic Database of Gracillariidae (Lepidoptera)
Taxon identifiers | |
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Spulerina hexalocha |
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