Dialectica pavonicola is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from South Africa.[2]
Dialectica pavonicola | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Gracillariidae |
Genus: | Dialectica |
Species: | D. pavonicola |
Binomial name | |
Dialectica pavonicola (Vári, 1961)[1] | |
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The larvae feed on Pavonia columella. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine has the form of a large, irregular, transparent, whitish blotch-mine on the upperside of the leaf with a greenish-brown discoloration.
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