Liocrobyla tephrosiae
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Liocrobyla tephrosiae Vári, 1961[1]
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Liocrobyla tephrosiae is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from South Africa.[2]
The larvae feed on . They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine has the form of a very irregular, semi-transparent blotch-mine without a gallery.
References[]
- ^ Afrotropical Gracillariidae Archived 2012-08-11 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Global Taxonomic Database of Gracillariidae (Lepidoptera)[permanent dead link]
Categories:
- Endemic moths of South Africa
- Gracillariinae
- Moths of Africa
- Gracillariinae stubs