Dialectica cordiaecola is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from South Africa.[2]
Dialectica cordiaecola | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Gracillariidae |
Genus: | Dialectica |
Species: | D. cordiaecola |
Binomial name | |
Dialectica cordiaecola Vári, 1961[1] | |
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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