Aristaea onychota
Aristaea onychota is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from Nigeria, São Tomé and Príncipe, South Africa and Zambia.[2]
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Gracillariidae |
| Genus: | Aristaea |
| Species: | A. onychota |
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| Aristaea onychota | |
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The larvae feed on Lantana camara, Lantana rugosa, Lippia asperifolia and Lippia javanica.[2] They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine has the form of a moderate, oblong, semi-transparent, tentiform mine on the upper side of the leaf.
References
- Afrotropical Gracillariidae Archived March 17, 2012, at the Wayback Machine
- Aristaea onychota (Meyrick, 1908), AfroMoths, an online database of Afrotropical moth species
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