Dialectica cordiaecola
| Dialectica cordiaecola | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Gracillariidae |
| Genus: | Dialectica |
| Species: | D. cordiaecola |
| Binomial name | |
| Dialectica cordiaecola Vári, 1961[1] | |
Dialectica cordiaecola is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is known from South Africa.[2]
The larvae feed on Cordia caffra. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine has the form of an irregular, semi-transparent blotch-mine. It is reddish-brown with a whitish margin.
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