Dialectica rendalli

Dialectica rendalli
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gracillariidae
Genus: Dialectica
Species:
D. rendalli
Binomial name
Dialectica rendalli

Dialectica rendalli is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from Jamaica, Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands (Saint Croix and Saint Thomas).[1]

The larvae feed on Hibiscus rosa-sinensis. They probably mine the leaves of their host plant.

References

  1. ^ Global Taxonomic Database of Gracillariidae (Lepidoptera)


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