Dialectica hedemanni

Dialectica hedemanni
Dialectica hedemanni
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gracillariidae
Genus: Dialectica
Species: D. hedemanni
Binomial name
Dialectica hedemanni
(Rebel, 1896)[1]
Synonyms
  • Gracilaria hedemanni Rebel, 1896

Dialectica hedemanni is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is known from the Canary Islands and Madeira.

The larvae feed on Lavatera acerifolia, Lavatera arborea, Lavatera phoenicea, Malva neglecta, Malva parviflora and Malva sylvestris. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine starts as a broad epidermal corridor. In the end, it becomes a full depth transparent blotch. Some silk is deposited inside the mine and the blotch is hardly puckered. Pupation takes place outside of the mine.[2]

Referenced

  1. ^ Fauna Europaea
  2. ^ bladmineerders.nl
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