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Telamoptilia prosacta

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Gracillariidae

Scientific name
  
Telamoptilia prosacta

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Telamoptilia

Rank
  
Species

Telamoptilia prosacta is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is known from Thailand, Taiwan, Indonesia (Java), India (Bihar), Japan (the Ryukyu Islands) and Fiji.

The wingspan is 6.5–8 mm.

The larvae feed on Ipomoea species, including Ipomoea batatas. They mine the leaves of their host plant. It has not been recorded as a severe pest. In Japan, however, it heavily infested the leaf of sweet potato in Yakusima, the larval leaf-mines having been found on almost all the leaves of the plant in some cultivated fields in autumn.

References

Telamoptilia prosacta Wikipedia