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Spulerina hexalocha

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Gracillariidae

Scientific name
  
Spulerina hexalocha

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Spulerina

Rank
  
Species

Spulerina hexalocha is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is known from Sierra Leone and South Africa.

The larvae feed on Sclerocarya birrea and Sclerocarya caffra. They probably mine the leaves of their host plant.

References

Spulerina hexalocha Wikipedia