Ectropina ligata

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Ectropina ligata
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gracillariidae
Genus: Ectropina
Species:
E. ligata
Binomial name
Ectropina ligata
(Meyrick, 1912) [1]
Synonyms
  • Gracilaria ligataMeyrick, 1912

Ectropina ligata is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from South Africa and Namibia. [2]

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