Tischeria sparmanniae

Tischeria sparmanniae
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Tischeriidae
Genus: Tischeria
Species: T. sparmanniae
Binomial name
Tischeria sparmanniae
Puplesis and Diškus, 2003[1]

Tischeria sparmanniae is a moth of the Tischeriidae family. It is known from South Africa, Zimbabwe and Namibia.

The larvae feed on Sparmannia ricinocarpa. They probably mine the leaves of their host plant.

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