Telamoptilia cathedraea

Telamoptilia cathedraea
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gracillariidae
Genus: Telamoptilia
Species: T. cathedraea
Binomial name
Telamoptilia cathedraea
(Meyrick, 1908)[1]
Synonyms
  • Acrocercops cathedraea Meyrick, 1908

Telamoptilia cathedraea is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is known from India (Meghalaya, Bihar), Taiwan, Japan (Kyūshū, the Ryukyu Islands) and Madagascar.[2]

The wingspan is 7–8 mm.[3]

The larvae feed on Urena lobata and Urena tomentosa. They probably mine the leaves of their host plant.

References

  1. ↑ Afrotropical Gracillariidae
  2. ↑ Global Taxonomic Database of Gracillariidae (Lepidoptera)
  3. ↑ Japanese Moths


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