Amblyptila cynanchi
| Amblyptila cynanchi | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Gracillariidae |
| Genus: | Amblyptila |
| Species: | A. cynanchi |
| Binomial name | |
| Amblyptila cynanchi Vári, 1961[1] | |
Amblyptila cynanchi is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is known from South Africa.[2]
The larvae feed on Cynanchum ellipticum and Cynanchum obtusifolium. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine has the form of a moderate, irregularly rounded or oval, transparent, whitish blotch-mine.
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