Dialectica aemula

Dialectica aemula
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Gracillariidae
Genus:	Dialectica
Species:	D. aemula
Binomial name
	Dialectica aemula; (Meyrick, 1916)

Dialectica aemula is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from Australia (the Northern Territory, Tasmania, Queensland and Victoria), India (Bihar) and Nepal.^[1]

The adult is similar to Dialectica scalariella, which was introduced deliberately into Australia, but the cocoons are more easily distinguished.^[2]^[3]

The larvae feed on Cynoglossum species (including , Cynoglossum lanceolatum and ), and Trichodesma zeylanicum. They mine the leaves of their host plant.

References[]

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[1] Global Taxonomic Database of Gracillariidae (Lepidoptera)

[2] Australian Insects

[3] The Native Dialectica aemula (Meyrick) and the Introduced Dialectica scalariella (Zeller) (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae) in Australia: Characterisation of Two Closely Related Species on Boraginaceae

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