Dialectica ehretiae
Appearance
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Gracillariidae |
Genus: | Dialectica |
Species: | D. ehretiae
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Binomial name | |
Dialectica ehretiae (Vári, 1961)[1]
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Dialectica ehretiae is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from South Africa and Ethiopia.[2]
The larvae feed on Ehretia cymosa var. abyssinica and Ehretia rigida. They mine the leaves of their host plant.
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