Polysoma
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Polysoma 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
- Polysoma aenictaPolysoma aenictaPolysoma aenicta is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is known from Zimbabwe.The larvae feed on Albizzia gummifera species. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine has the form of a moderate, irregular, transparent blotch mine....
Vári, 1961 - Polysoma clarkiPolysoma clarkiPolysoma clarki is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is known from South Africa....
Vári, 1961 - Polysoma eumetallaPolysoma eumetallaPolysoma eumetalla is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is known from Queensland, New South Wales, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria and New Zealand.The wingspan is about 10 mm...
(Meyrick, 1880) - Polysoma lithochrysaPolysoma lithochrysaPolysoma lithochrysa is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is known from South Africa, Uganda and Zimbabwe....
(Meyrick, 1930) - Polysoma tanysphenaPolysoma tanysphenaPolysoma tanysphena is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is known from Zimbabwe....
(Meyrick, 1928)