Pleiomorpha homotypa
Appearance
Pleiomorpha homotypa | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Gracillariidae |
Genus: | Pleiomorpha |
Species: | P. homotypa
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Binomial name | |
Pleiomorpha homotypa Vári, 1961[1]
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Pleiomorpha homotypa is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is found in South Africa.[2]
The larvae feed on Diospyros lycioides. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine has the form of a small, oblong, transparent, tentiform mine along the mid-rib.
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