Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Family Gracillariidae Scientific name Amblyptila cynanchi | Phylum Arthropoda Order Lepidoptera Genus Amblyptila Rank Species | |
Amblyptila cynanchi is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is known from South Africa.
The larvae feed on Cynanchum ellipticum and Cynanchum obtusifolium. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine has the form of a moderate, irregularly rounded or oval, transparent, whitish blotch-mine.
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