Dialectica (moth)
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Dialectica 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
- Dialectica aemulaDialectica aemulaDialectica aemula is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is known from Australia , India and Nepal....
(Meyrick, 1916) - Dialectica carcharotaDialectica carcharotaDialectica carcharota is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is known from South Africa, Ethiopia and Zimbabwe.The larvae feed on Borago officinalis, Cynoglossum hochstetteri and Lithospermum species. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine has the form of an irregular,...
(Meyrick, 1912) - Dialectica columellinaDialectica columellinaDialectica columellina is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is known from South Africa.The larvae feed on Pavonia columella. They probably mine the leaves of their host plant....
(Vári, 1961) - Dialectica cordiaecolaDialectica cordiaecolaDialectica cordiaecola is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is known from South Africa.The larvae feed on Cordia caffra. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine has the form of an irregular, semi-transparent blotch-mine. It is reddish-brown with a whitish margin....
Vári, 1961 - Dialectica ehretiaeDialectica ehretiaeDialectica ehretiae is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is known from South Africa and Ethiopia.The larvae feed on Ehretia cymosa var. abyssinica and Ehretia rigida. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine has the form of an irregular, oblong, moderate, almost purely epidermal...
(Vári, 1961) - Dialectica galactozonaDialectica galactozonaDialectica galactozona is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is known from South Africa....
Vári, 1961 - Dialectica galapagosensisDialectica galapagosensisDialectica galapagosensis is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is known from the Galápagos Islands.The larvae feed on Macraea laricifolia. They probably mine the leaves of their host plant....
Landry, 2006 - Dialectica geometraDialectica geometraDialectica geometra is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is known from Hong Kong, Japan , India and Réunion. It has recently been recorded from China....
(Meyrick, 1916) - Dialectica hedemanniDialectica hedemanniDialectica hedemanni is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is known from the Canary Islands and Madeira.The larvae feed on Lavatera acerifolia, Lavatera arborea, Lavatera phoenicea, Malva neglecta, Malva parviflora and Malva sylvestris. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine starts...
(Rebel, 1896) - Dialectica imperialellaDialectica imperialellaDialectica imperialella is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is found from Denmark to the Pyrenees, Italy and Romania and from Great Britain to Russia and Ukraine.Adults are on wing in May and June in one generation....
(Zeller, 1847) - Dialectica japonicaDialectica japonicaDialectica japonica is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is known from Japan .The wingspan is 7.5-8.6 mm.The larvae feed on Ehretia ovalifolia. They mine the leaves of their host plant....
Kumata & Kuroko, 1988 - Dialectica odontosemaDialectica odontosemaDialectica odontosema is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is known from South Africa....
(Vári, 1961) - Dialectica pavonicolaDialectica pavonicolaDialectica pavonicola is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is known from South Africa.The larvae feed on Pavonia columella. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine has the form of a large, irregular, transparent, whitish blotch-mine on the upperside of the leaf with a...
(Vári, 1961) - Dialectica permixtellaDialectica permixtellaDialectica permixtella is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is known from the Dominican Republic and Grenada....
Walsingham, 1897 - Dialectica praegeminaDialectica praegeminaDialectica praegemina is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is known from South Africa.The larvae feed on Lobostemon glaucophyllus. They probably mine the leaves of their host plant....
(Meyrick, 1917) - Dialectica pyramidotaDialectica pyramidotaDialectica pyramidota is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is known from South Africa.The larvae feed on Ehretia rigida. They probably mine the leaves of their host plant....
(Meyrick, 1918) - Dialectica rendalliDialectica rendalliDialectica rendalli is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is known from Jamaica, Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands .The larvae feed on Hibiscus rosa-sinensis. They probably mine the leaves of their host plant....
Walsingham, 1897 - Dialectica sanctaecrucisDialectica sanctaecrucisDialectica sanctaecrucis is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is known from Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Jamaica, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands and the Galápagos Islands....
Walsingham, 1897 - Dialectica scalariellaDialectica scalariellaThe Echium Leaf Miner is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is found from France to the Iberian Peninsula, Italy and the Balkan Peninsula. Recently an imago was found in Great Britain...
(Zeller, 1850) - Dialectica soffneriDialectica soffneriDialectica soffneri is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is known from Austria, Bulgaria, Hungary and Greece....
(Gregor & Povolný, 1965) - Dialectica trigonidotaDialectica trigonidotaDialectica trigonidota is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is known from South Africa....
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