Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Family Gracillariidae Scientific name Cuphodes diospyri | Phylum Arthropoda Order Lepidoptera Genus Cuphodes Rank Species | |
Cuphodes diospyri is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is known from South Africa.
The larvae feed on Diospyros natalensis. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine has the form of a small, very irregular, semi-transparent blotch-mine in a cluster usually near the top of the leaf.
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