Spulerina hexalocha is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from Reunion,[2] Sierra Leone and South Africa.[3]
Spulerina hexalocha | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Gracillariidae |
Genus: | Spulerina |
Species: | S. hexalocha |
Binomial name | |
Spulerina hexalocha (Meyrick, 1912)[1] | |
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The larvae feed on Sclerocarya birrea and Sclerocarya caffra. They probably mine the leaves of their host plant.
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