Eteoryctis syngramma
| Eteoryctis syngramma | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Gracillariidae |
| Genus: | Eteoryctis |
| Species: | E. syngramma |
| Binomial name | |
| Eteoryctis syngramma (Meyrick, 1914) | |
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Eteoryctis syngramma is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is known from Hong Kong, India (Andaman Islands, Karnataka and the Nicobar Islands), Indonesia and Thailand.[1]
The larvae feed on Anacardium occidentale and Mangifera indica. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine has the form of a rather large, round or elliptical blotch mine on the upperside of the leaf. It is greyish-white, including dark grains of frass.
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