Corethrovalva
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Corethrovalva 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
- Corethrovalva allophylinaCorethrovalva allophylinaCorethrovalva allophylina is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is known from South Africa.The larvae feed on Allophylus transvaalensis. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine has the form of a moderate, irregular, whitish, transparent blotch-mine. It is oblong or more or less...
Vári, 1961 - Corethrovalva goniosemaCorethrovalva goniosemaCorethrovalva goniosema is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is known from South Africa.The larvae feed on Allophylus natalensis. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine has the form of a rather small, irregular, oblong, transparent blotch-mine....
Vári, 1961 - Corethrovalva paraplesiaCorethrovalva paraplesiaCorethrovalva paraplesia is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is known from South Africa.The larvae feed on Rhus species. They probably mine the leaves of their host plant....
Vári, 1961