Dialectica carcharota
Dialectica carcharota is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from South Africa, Ethiopia and Zimbabwe.[2]
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Gracillariidae |
Genus: | Dialectica |
Species: | D. carcharota |
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The larvae feed on Borago officinalis, Cynoglossum hochstetteri and Lithospermum species. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine has the form of an irregular, semi-transparent blotch-mine, usually occupying a whole leaf.
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