Biology:Spulerina hexalocha

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Short description: Species of moth

Spulerina hexalocha
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gracillariidae
Genus: Spulerina
Species:
S. hexalocha
Binomial name
Spulerina hexalocha
(Meyrick, 1912)[1]
Synonyms
  • Acrocercops hexalocha Meyrick, 1912

Spulerina hexalocha is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from Reunion,[2] Sierra Leone and South Africa .[3]

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

References

Wikidata ☰ Q7581502 entry