Diphtheroptila oxyloga

Diphtheroptila oxyloga
Diphtheroptila oxyloga
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gracillariidae
Genus: Diphtheroptila
Species: D. oxyloga
Binomial name
Diphtheroptila oxyloga
Meyrick, 1928[1]
Synonyms
  • Acrocercops oxyloga Meyrick, 1928

Diphtheroptila oxyloga is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is known from South Africa and Zimbabwe.[2]

The larvae feed on Bridelia species. They probably mine the leaves of their host plant.

References

  1. ^ Afrotropical Gracillariidae
  2. ^ Global Taxonomic Database of Gracillariidae (Lepidoptera)
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