Aspilapteryx grypota

Aspilapteryx grypota
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gracillariidae
Genus: Aspilapteryx
Species: A. grypota
Binomial name
Aspilapteryx grypota
(Meyrick, 1914)[1]
Synonyms
  • Gracilaria grypota Meyrick, 1914

Aspilapteryx grypota is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is known from South Africa.[2]

The larvae feed on Salix babylonica. They probably mine the leaves of their host plant.

References

  1. ↑ Afrotropical Gracillariidae Archived July 23, 2011, at the Wayback Machine.
  2. ↑ Global Taxonomic Database of Gracillariidae (Lepidoptera)


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