Dialectica geometra

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Dialectica geometra
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gracillariidae
Genus: Dialectica
Species:
D. geometra
Binomial name
Dialectica geometra
(Meyrick, 1916) [1]
Synonyms
  • Acrocercops geometraMeyrick, 1916

[2]

Dialectica geometra is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from Hong Kong, Japan (the Ryukyu Islands), India (West Bengal, Tamil Nadu, Bihar, Delhi and Uttar Pradesh) and Réunion. [3] It has recently been recorded from China. [4]

The wingspan is 6.5–8.2 mm. [5]

The larvae feed on Cordia amplifolia , Cordia myxa , Ehretia laevis and Ehretia species, including Ehretia microphylla . They mine the leaves of their host plant.

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References

  1. ↑ Japanese Moths
  2. ↑ Meyrick, E. 1916a. Exotic Microlepidoptera 1. – 1(16–20): page 626.
  3. ↑ Global Taxonomic Database of Gracillariidae (Lepidoptera)
  4. ↑ "A New Record Genus and Species of Gracillariidae (Lepidoptera) from China". Archived from the original on 2011-07-07. Retrieved 2010-11-16.
  5. ↑ Japanese species of the Acrocercops-group (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae). Part I


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