Cryptolectica
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Cryptolectica 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
- Cryptolectica capnodectaCryptolectica capnodectaCryptolectica capnodecta is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is known from South Africa....
Vári, 1961 - Cryptolectica chrysalisCryptolectica chrysalisCryptolectica chrysalis is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is known from Japan and the Russian Far East.The wingspan is 9-11 mm....
Kumata & Ermolaev, 1988 - Cryptolectica ensiformisCryptolectica ensiformisCryptolectica ensiformis is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is known from China , India, Indonesia , Japan and Thailand.The wingspan is 9.2-11 mm....
(Yuan, 1986) - Cryptolectica euryphantaCryptolectica euryphantaCryptolectica euryphanta is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is known from Namibia, the Seychelles and South Africa....
(Meyrick, 1911) - Cryptolectica lazaroiCryptolectica lazaroiCryptolectica lazaroi is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is known from the Galápagos Islands.The larvae feed on Ageratum conyzoides and Synedrella nodiflora. They probably mine the leaves of their host plant....
Landry, 2006 - Cryptolectica monodectaCryptolectica monodectaCryptolectica monodecta is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is known from South Africa....
(Meyrick, 1912) - Cryptolectica pasaniaeCryptolectica pasaniaeCryptolectica pasaniae is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is known from Hong Kong and Japan .The wingspan is 8-10.2 mm....
Kumata & Kuroko, 1988