Cuphodes diospyri

Cuphodes diospyri is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from South Africa.[2]

Cuphodes diospyri
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gracillariidae
Genus: Cuphodes
Species:
C. diospyri
Binomial name
Cuphodes diospyri
Vári, 1961[1]

The larvae feed on Diospyros natalensis. They mine the leaves of their host plant.

References
  1. Afrotropical Gracillariidae Archived 2012-08-11 at the Wayback Machine
  2. Global Taxonomic Database of Gracillariidae (Lepidoptera)


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