| Spulerina hexalocha | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| 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 caffra . They probably mine the leaves of their host plant.
Sclerocarya birrea (Ancient Greek: σκληρός, commonly known as the marula, is a medium-sized deciduous tree, indigenous to the miombo woodlands of Southern Africa, the Sudano-Sahelian range of West Africa, and Madagascar.
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.
Eumetriochroa is a genus of moths in the family Gracillariidae.
Guttigera is a genus of moths in the family Gracillariidae.
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.
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.
Corythoxestis praeustella is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from Java, Indonesia. The hostplants for the species include Nauclea orientalis.
Metriochroa psychotriella is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from Florida, United States.
Guttigera rhythmica is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from Papua New Guinea.
Phyllonorycter ruizivorus is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is found on La Réunion island in the Indian Ocean.
Pingasa multispurcata is a moth of the family Geometridae first described by Louis Beethoven Prout in 1913. It is found in Yemen, Arabia, Iraq, from Iran to Pakistan and in north-western India.
Gracillariinae are a subfamily of moths which was described by Henry Tibbats Stainton in 1854.
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