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Gibbovalva tricuneatella

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Gibbovalva tricuneatella
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gracillariidae
Genus: Gibbovalva
Species:
G. tricuneatella
Binomial name
Gibbovalva tricuneatella
(Meyrick, 1880)[1]
Synonyms
  • Acrocercops tricuneatella (Meyrick, 1880)
  • Gracilaria tricuneatella Meyrick, 1880

Gibbovalva tricuneatella is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from the states of New South Wales and Queensland in Australia and the Ryukyu Islands of Japan.[2]

The larvae feed on Typha angustifolia, Typha domingensis and Typha latifolia. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine has the form of an elongate blotch mine.

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