Aristaea onychota
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Aristaea onychota | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Gracillariidae |
Genus: | Aristaea |
Species: | A. onychota
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Binomial name | |
Aristaea onychota | |
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Aristaea onychota is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from Nigeria, Réunion,[2] São Tomé and Príncipe, South Africa and Zambia.[3]
The larvae feed on Lantana camara, Lantana rugosa, Lippia asperifolia and Lippia javanica.[3] They mine the leaves of their host plant.
References
- ^ Afrotropical Gracillariidae Archived March 17, 2012, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Bippus, M., 2019. New records of Gracillariidae (Lepidoptera) from the islands of Madagascar, Mauritius and Réunion. - Phelsuma 27 (2019); 18-35.
- ^ a b Aristaea onychota (Meyrick, 1908), AfroMoths, an online database of Afrotropical moth species
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