Dialectica pavonicola

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

Dialectica pavonicola
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gracillariidae
Genus: Dialectica
Species:
D. pavonicola
Binomial name
Dialectica pavonicola
(Vári, 1961)[1]
Synonyms
  • Acrocercops pavonicola Vári, 1961

The larvae feed on Pavonia columella. They mine the leaves of their host plant.

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