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Cryptolectica lazaroi

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Gracillariidae

Scientific name
  
Cryptolectica lazaroi

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Cryptolectica

Rank
  
Species

Cryptolectica 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.

References

Cryptolectica lazaroi Wikipedia