Diphtheroptila ochridorsellum

Diphtheroptila ochridorsellum
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gracillariidae
Genus: Diphtheroptila
Species: D. ochridorsellum
Binomial name
Diphtheroptila ochridorsellum
(Meyrick, 1880)[1]
Synonyms
  • Coriscium ochridorsellum Meyrick, 1880
  • Diphtheroptila ochridorsella (Turner, 1940)

Diphtheroptila ochridorsellum is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is known from New South Wales, Australia.[2]

The larvae feed on Glochidion ferdinandi. They probably mine the leaves of their host plant.

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