Polysoma aenicta | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Gracillariidae |
Genus: | Polysoma |
Species: | P. aenicta |
Binomial name | |
Polysoma aenicta Vári, 1961 [1] | |
Polysoma aenicta is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from Zimbabwe. [2]
The larvae feed on Albizia gummifera species. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine has the form of a moderate, irregular, transparent blotch mine.
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