- Dialectica cordiaecola
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Dialectica cordiaecola Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Arthropoda Class: Insecta Order: Lepidoptera Family: Gracillariidae Genus: Dialectica Species: D. cordiaecola Binomial name Dialectica cordiaecola
Vári, 1961[1]Dialectica cordiaecola is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is known from South Africa.[2]
The larvae feed on Cordia caffra. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine has the form of an irregular, semi-transparent blotch-mine. It is reddish-brown with a whitish margin.
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