Amblyptila
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Amblyptila is a genus of moth
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Moth
A moth is an insect closely related to the butterfly, both being of the order Lepidoptera. Moths form the majority of this order; there are thought to be 150,000 to 250,000 different species of moth , with thousands of species yet to be described...
s in the family Gracillariidae
Gracillariidae
Gracillariidae is an important family of insects in the order Lepidoptera and the principal family of leaf miners that includes several economic, horticultural or recently invasive pest species such as the horse-chestnut leaf miner, Cameraria ohridella....
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Species
- Amblyptila cynanchiAmblyptila cynanchiAmblyptila cynanchi is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is known from South Africa.The larvae feed on Cynanchum ellipticum and Cynanchum obtusifolium. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine has the form of a moderate, irregularly rounded or oval, transparent, whitish blotch-mine....
Vári, 1961 - Amblyptila strophanthinaAmblyptila strophanthinaAmblyptila strophanthina is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is known from South Africa.The larvae feed on Strophanthus species. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine has the form of a moderate, irregularly rounded or oval, transparent blotch-mine....
Vári, 1961