Tischeria urticicolella
Appearance
Tischeria urticicolella | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Tischeriidae |
Genus: | Tischeria |
Species: | T. urticicolella
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Binomial name | |
Tischeria urticicolella (Ghesquière, 1940)[1]
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Tischeria urticicolella is a moth of the family Tischeriidae. It is known from the Democratic Republic of Congo.
The larvae feed on Laportea podocarpa. They probably mine the leaves of their host plant.
References
[edit]- ^ African Tischeriidae Archived 2011-07-13 at the Wayback Machine