| Spulerina hexalocha | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Gracillariidae |
| Genus: | Spulerina |
| Species: | S. hexalocha |
| Binomial name | |
| Spulerina hexalocha | |
| Synonyms | |
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Spulerina hexalocha is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from Reunion, [2] Sierra Leone and South Africa. [3]
The larvae feed on Sclerocarya birrea and Sclerocarya afra . They probably mine the leaves of their host plant.
Sclerocarya birrea, commonly known as the marula, is a medium-sized deciduous fruit-bearing tree, indigenous to the miombo woodlands of Southern Africa, the Sudano-Sahelian range of West Africa, the savanna woodlands of East Africa and Madagascar.
Gracillarioidea is a large superfamily containing four families of insects in the order Lepidoptera. These generally small moths are miners in plant tissue as caterpillars. There are about 113 described genera distributed worldwide, the most commonly encountered of which are leaf miners in the family Gracillariidae.
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.
The European oak leaf-miner or Zeller's midget is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is found in Europe south of the line running from Ireland, through Great Britain, Denmark to Ukraine. It is also found in Macaronesia. It is an introduced species in New Zealand and Australia.
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.
Aristaea onychota is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from Nigeria, Réunion, São Tomé and Príncipe, South Africa and Zambia.
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 in China, where there are over ten overlapping generations per year.
Phodoryctis caerulea is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from India, Malaysia (Sabah), Indonesia (Java), Sri Lanka, Fiji, Guam, the Solomon Islands, Japan and Taiwan, as well as Madagascar, Mauritius, Réunion, Uganda and Tanzania.
Macarostola eugeniella is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from Madagascar, Mauritius and Réunion.
Dialectica pyramidota is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from South Africa and Réunion.
Caloptilia xanthochiria is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from South Africa and Réunion.
Callicercops triceros is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from Mauritius, Namibia, Réunion, Zambia, Zimbabwe and South Africa.
Acrocercops coffeifoliella is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from India, Sri Lanka, Indonesia (Java), Réunion and Madagascar.
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 pentarcha is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from Réunion, Malaysia, and Sri Lanka. The hostplants for the species include Coffea robusta and Amomum magnificum.
Chrysaster ostensackenella is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from Ontario, Québec and Nova Scotia in Canada, and the United States. It has also been recorded in 2015 from China and in 2017 from Korea, and in 2022 from Central Italy.
Caloptilia chrysitis is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is endemic to New Zealand. The larvae of this species mine and fold the leaves of species in the genera Weinmannia andElaeocarpus as well as Knightia excelsa, although only rarely for the later species.
Caloptilia elaeas is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from New Zealand.
Phyllonorycter ruizivorus is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is found on La Réunion island in the Indian Ocean.
Gracillariinae are a subfamily of moths which was described by Henry Tibbats Stainton in 1854.
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