Areticulata

Areticulata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nepticulidae
Genus: Areticulata
Scoble, 1983
Species: A. leucosideae
Binomial name
Areticulata leucosideae
Scoble, 1983

Areticulata is a genus of moths of the Nepticulidae family, it contains only one species Areticulata leucosideae, which is found in South Africa.[1]

The larvae feed on Leucosidea sericea. They probably mine the leaves of their host plant.

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