Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Family Gracillariidae Scientific name Dialectica pavonicola | Phylum Arthropoda Order Lepidoptera Genus Dialectica Rank Species | |
Dialectica pavonicola is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is known from South Africa.
The larvae feed on Pavonia columella. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine has the form of a large, irregular, transparent, whitish blotch-mine on the upperside of the leaf with a greenish-brown discoloration.
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