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Telamoptilia cathedraea

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Telamoptilia cathedraea
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gracillariidae
Genus: Telamoptilia
Species:
T. cathedraea
Binomial name
Telamoptilia cathedraea
(Meyrick, 1908)[1]
Synonyms
  • Acrocercops cathedraea Meyrick, 1908

Telamoptilia cathedraea is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from India (Meghalaya, Bihar), Taiwan, Japan (Kyūshū, the Ryukyu Islands) and Madagascar.[2]

The wingspan is 7–8 mm.[3]

The larvae feed on Urena lobata and Urena tomentosa. They probably mine the leaves of their host plant.

References

  1. ^ Afrotropical Gracillariidae
  2. ^ Global Taxonomic Database of Gracillariidae (Lepidoptera)
  3. ^ Japanese Moths


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