Dialectica carcharota | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Gracillariidae |
Genus: | Dialectica |
Species: | D. carcharota |
Binomial name | |
Dialectica carcharota | |
Synonyms | |
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Dialectica carcharota is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from South Africa, Ethiopia and Zimbabwe. [2]
The larvae feed on Borago officinalis , Cynoglossum hochstetteri and Lithospermum species. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine has the form of an irregular, semi-transparent blotch-mine, usually occupying a whole leaf.
Gracillariidae is an important family of insects in the order Lepidoptera and the principal family of leaf miners that includes several economic, horticultural or recently invasive pest species such as the horse-chestnut leaf miner, Cameraria ohridella.
Philodoria is a genus of moths in the family Gracillariidae. All species are endemic to Hawaii. It was first described by Lord Walsingham in 1907.
The aspen leaf blotch miner moth is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is found in most of Europe. It is also present in Turkey and North America.
Phyllocnistis is a genus of moths in the family Gracillariidae.
Stomphastis conflua is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from Cyprus, the Caucasus, Israel, the Palestinian Territory, Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Egypt, Zimbabwe, Nigeria, Sudan, Mozambique and South Africa.
Aristaea bathracma is a species of moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from China, Thailand, Japan (Honshū), the Russian Far East, Mozambique, South Africa, Réunion and Uganda.
Stomphastis aphrocyma is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from South Africa and Zimbabwe.
Stomphastis thraustica is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from Democratic Republic of Congo, Congo, Central African Republic, Ghana, Nigeria, Namibia, Zimbabwe, South Africa, Madagascar, Malaysia, Indonesia and India. It was recently also recorded from China.
Stomphastis crotonis is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from South Africa and Namibia.
Stomphastis rorkei is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from South Africa, Namibia and Zimbabwe.
Stomphastis tremina is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from South Africa and Namibia.
Caloptilia sapina is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from Namibia and South Africa.
Phodoryctis thrypticosema is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from South Africa and Zimbabwe.
Phodoryctis dolichophila is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from South Africa and Zimbabwe.
Telamoptilia geyeri is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from Zimbabwe and South Africa.
Acrocercops chrysophylli is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from South Africa and Zimbabwe.
Acrocercops terminalina is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from South Africa, Namibia and Zimbabwe.
Neolithocolletis pentadesma is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from Indonesia (Java), Malaysia, the Philippines (Luzon) and the Seychelles.
Caloptilia theivora is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from Brunei, China, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia (Java), Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Thailand and Vietnam.
Eucosmophora sideroxylonella is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from Cuba and Florida.
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