Eteoryctis syngramma
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Gracillariidae |
Genus: | Eteoryctis |
Species: | E. syngramma
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Binomial name | |
Eteoryctis syngramma (Meyrick, 1914)
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Eteoryctis syngramma is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from Hong Kong, India (Andaman Islands, Karnataka and the Nicobar Islands), Indonesia and Thailand.[1]
The larvae feed on Anacardium occidentale and Mangifera indica. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine has the form of a rather large, round or elliptical blotch mine on the upperside of the leaf. It is greyish-white, including dark grains of frass.
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