Telamoptilia
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Telamoptilia 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
- Telamoptilia cathedraeaTelamoptilia cathedraeaTelamoptilia cathedraea is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is known from India , Taiwan, Japan and Madagascar.The wingspan is 7-8 mm....
(Meyrick, 1908) - Telamoptilia geyeriTelamoptilia geyeriTelamoptilia geyeri is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is known from Zimbabwe and South Africa.The larvae feed on Pavonia columella. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine has the form of a large, very irregular, transparent blotch-mine....
(Vári, 1961) - Telamoptilia hemistactaTelamoptilia hemistactaTelamoptilia hemistacta is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is known from India , Taiwan, Japan and Madagascar.The wingspan is about 7 mm....
(Meyrick, 1924) - Telamoptilia prosactaTelamoptilia prosactaTelamoptilia prosacta is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is known from Thailand, Taiwan, Indonesia , India , Japan and Fiji.The wingspan is 6.5-8 mm....
(Meyrick, 1918) - Telamoptilia tiliaeTelamoptilia tiliaeTelamoptilia tiliae is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is known from Japan and the Russian Far East.The wingspan is 6.8-8 mm.The larvae feed on Tilia maximowicziana. They probably mine the leaves of their host plant....
Kumata & Ermolaev, 1988