Spulerina lochmaea | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Gracillariidae |
Genus: | Spulerina |
Species: | S. lochmaea |
Binomial name | |
Spulerina lochmaea Vári, 1961 [1] | |
Spulerina lochmaea is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from South Africa. [2]
The larvae feed on Mangifera indica . [3] They probably mine the leaves of their host plant.[ citation needed ]S. lochmea was first described from a female specimen found at Mariepskop in South Africa. The moths have white heads and brown-grey antennae with white and pale grey undersides. Their abdomens are also brown-grey above and white below; the thorax is "whitish". Their hindwings and cilia are also grey-brown but their forewings are ochre brown with black-edged white layers of tissue. The holotype was 8 mm long. [4]
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