Spulerina lochmaea is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from South Africa.[2][3]
| Spulerina lochmaea | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Gracillariidae |
| Genus: | Spulerina |
| Species: | S. lochmaea
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| Binomial name | |
| Spulerina lochmaea Vári, 1961[1]
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The larvae feed on Mangifera indica. They probably mine the leaves of their host plant.
References edit
- ^ Afrotropical Gracillariidae
- ^ Global Taxonomic Database of Gracillariidae (Lepidoptera)
- ^ Vári, L., 1961: South African Lepidoptera. Vol. I. Lithocolletidae. Transvaal Museum Memoir 12: 238 pp. 112 pls.
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