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Spulerina lochmaea

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Species of moth

Spulerina lochmaea
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gracillariidae
Genus: Spulerina
Species: S. lochmaea
Binomial name
Spulerina lochmaea
Vári, 1961

Spulerina lochmaea is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from South Africa.

The larvae feed on Mangifera indica. They probably mine the leaves of their host plant. S. lochmea was first described from a female specimen found at Mariepskop in South Africa. The moths have white heads and brown-grey antennae with white and pale grey undersides. Their abdomens are also brown-grey above and white below; the thorax is "whitish". Their hindwings and cilia are also grey-brown but their forewings are ochre brown with black-edged white layers of tissue. The holotype was 8 mm long.

Further reading

References

  1. De Prins, J.; De Prins, W. "Spulerina lochmaea Vári, 1961". Global Taxonomic Database of Gracillariidae (Lepidoptera). Retrieved 13 August 2024.
  2. Vári, L. (1961). "South African Lepidoptera. Vol. I. Lithocolletidae". Transvaal Museum Memoirs. 12: 187.
  3. "Spulerina lochmaea Vári, 1961". gracillariidae.net. Archived from the original on 13 Aug 2024.
  4. Vári, L. (1961). "Descriptions of genera and species 9". Transvaal Museum Memoirs. 12 (1). hdl:10520/AJA0000012_375.
Taxon identifiers
Spulerina lochmaea


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