Tischeria zestica is a moth of the family Tischeriidae. It is known from South Africa (it was described from Pretoria).
Tischeria zestica | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Tischeriidae |
Genus: | Tischeria |
Species: | T. zestica |
Binomial name | |
Tischeria zestica Meyrick, 1911[1] | |
The larvae feed on Grewia occidentalis. They probably mine the leaves of their host plant.
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