Dysectopa scalifera

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Dysectopa scalifera
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D. scalifera
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Dysectopa scalifera
Vári, 1961 [1] [2]

Dysectopa scalifera is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from Namibia. [3]

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Caloptilia prosticta is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from Madagascar, Nigeria, the Seychelles, South Africa and Sri Lanka.

Phodoryctis dolichophila is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from South Africa and Zimbabwe.

Dialectica geometra is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from Hong Kong, Japan, India and Réunion. It has recently been recorded from China.

Corythoxestis praeustella is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from Java, Indonesia. The hostplants for the species include Nauclea orientalis.

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Eumetriochroa kalopanacis is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from Japan.

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.

Caloptilia soyella is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from Cape Verde, China, Fiji, India, Indonesia (Java), Japan, Sri Lanka and Vietnam.

Caloptilia palustriella is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from California, United States.

Gracillariinae Subfamily of moths

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References

  1. Vári, L. (1961). "South African Lepidoptera". Tansvaal Museum Memoirs. 12 (1): 57–58. hdl:10520/AJA0000012_405.
  2. Afrotropical Gracillariidae
  3. Global Taxonomic Database of Gracillariidae (Lepidoptera) [ permanent dead link ]