Dialectica ehretiae

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Dialectica ehretiae
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gracillariidae
Genus: Dialectica
Species:
D. ehretiae
Binomial name
Dialectica ehretiae
(Vári, 1961)[1]
Synonyms
  • Acrocercops ehretiae Vári, 1961
Ehretia cymosa

Dialectica ehretiae is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from South Africa and Ethiopia.[2]

The larvae feed on Ehretia cymosa var. abyssinica and Ehretia rigida. They mine the leaves of their host plant.

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