Dialectica geometra

Dialectica geometra
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gracillariidae
Genus: Dialectica
Species: D. geometra
Binomial name
Dialectica geometra
(Meyrick, 1916)[1]
Synonyms
  • Acrocercops geometra Meyrick, 1916[2]

Dialectica geometra is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is known from Hong Kong, Japan (the Ryukyu Islands), India (West Bengal, Tamil Nadu, Bihar, Delhi and Uttar Pradesh) and Réunion.[3] It has recently been recorded from China.[4]

The wingspan is 6.5-8.2 mm.[5]

The larvae feed on Cordia amplifolia,[6] Cordia myxa, Ehretia laevis and Ehretia species, including Ehretia microphylla. They mine the leaves of their host plant.

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