Biology:Telamoptilia prosacta
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Short description: Species of insect
| Telamoptilia prosacta | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Gracillariidae |
| Genus: | Telamoptilia |
| Species: | T. prosacta
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| Telamoptilia prosacta (Meyrick, 1918)[1]
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Telamoptilia prosacta is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from Thailand, Taiwan, Indonesia (Java), India (Bihar), Japan (the Ryukyu Islands) and Fiji.[2]
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
Wikidata ☰ Q7695617 entry
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