Conopomorphina aptata

Conopomorphina aptata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gracillariidae
Genus: Conopomorphina
Species: C. aptata
Binomial name
Conopomorphina aptata
(Meyrick, 1914)[1]
Synonyms
  • Acrocercops aptata Meyrick , 1914
  • Conopomorphina acmophanes Meyrick, 1928

Conopomorphina aptata is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is known from South Africa.[2]

The larvae feed on Randia rudis. They probably mine the leaves of their host plant.

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