Spulerina hexalocha

Species of moth

Spulerina hexalocha
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gracillariidae
Genus: Spulerina
Species:
S. hexalocha
Binomial name
Spulerina hexalocha
(Meyrick, 1912)[1]
Synonyms
  • Acrocercops hexalocha Meyrick, 1912

Spulerina hexalocha is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from Reunion,[2] Sierra Leone and South Africa.[3]

The larvae feed on Sclerocarya birrea and Sclerocarya caffra. They probably mine the leaves of their host plant.

References

  1. ^ Afrotropical Gracillariidae
  2. ^ Bippus, M., 2019. New records of Gracillariidae (Lepidoptera) from the islands of Madagascar, Mauritius and Réunion. - Phelsuma 27 (2019); 18-35.
  3. ^ Global Taxonomic Database of Gracillariidae (Lepidoptera)
Taxon identifiers
Spulerina hexalocha


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