Dialectica sanctaecrucis

Dialectica sanctaecrucis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Gracillariidae
Genus:	Dialectica
Species:	D. sanctaecrucis
Binomial name
Dialectica sanctaecrucis Walsingham, 1897

Dialectica sanctaecrucis is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is known from Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Jamaica, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands (Saint John, Saint Croix and Saint Thomas) and the Galápagos Islands.^[1]

The larvae feed on Solanum melongena and Solanum torvum. They probably mine the leaves of their host plant.

Subspecies

• Dialectica sanctaecrucis sanctaecrucis
• Dialectica sanctaecrucis darwini Landry, 2006 (Galápagos Islands)

References

1. ^ Global Taxonomic Database of Gracillariidae (Lepidoptera)

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