Spulerina lochmaea
Appearance
Spulerina lochmaea | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Gracillariidae |
Genus: | Spulerina |
Species: | S. lochmaea
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Binomial name | |
Spulerina lochmaea Vári, 1961[1]
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Spulerina lochmaea is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from South Africa.[2][3]
The larvae feed on Mangifera indica. They probably mine the leaves of their host plant.
References
[edit]- ^ Afrotropical Gracillariidae
- ^ Global Taxonomic Database of Gracillariidae (Lepidoptera)
- ^ Vári, L., 1961: South African Lepidoptera. Vol. I. Lithocolletidae. Transvaal Museum Memoir 12: 238 pp. 112 pls.