Aristaea onychota
| Aristaea onychota | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Gracillariidae |
| Genus: | Aristaea |
| Species: | A. onychota |
| Binomial name | |
| Aristaea onychota (Meyrick, 1908)[1] | |
| Synonyms | |
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Aristaea onychota is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is known from Nigeria, Sao Tome and Principe, South Africa and Zambia.[2]
The larvae feed on Lantana camara, Lantana rugosa, Lippia asperifolia and Lippia javanica. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine has the form of a moderate, oblong, semi-transparent, tentiform mine on the upper side of the leaf.
References
- ↑ Afrotropical Gracillariidae Archived March 17, 2012, at the Wayback Machine.
- ↑ Global Taxonomic Database of Gracillariidae (Lepidoptera)
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