Corethrovalva goniosema
Corethrovalva goniosema | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Gracillariidae |
Genus: | Corethrovalva |
Species: | C. goniosema
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Binomial name | |
Corethrovalva goniosema Vári, 1961[1]
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Corethrovalva goniosema is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from South Africa.[2]
The larvae feed on Allophylus natalensis. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine has the form of a rather small, irregular, oblong, transparent blotch-mine.
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Categories:
- Endemic moths of South Africa
- Acrocercopinae
- Moths of Africa
- Moths described in 1961
- Acrocercopinae stubs