Conopomorphina aptata

Conopomorphina aptata is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from South Africa.[2]

Conopomorphina aptata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Infraorder:
Heteroneura
Family:
Gracillariidae
Genus:
Conopomorphina
Species:
C. aptata
Binomial name
Conopomorphina aptata
(Meyrick, 1914)[1]
Synonyms
  • Acrocercops aptata Meyrick , 1914
  • Conopomorphina acmophanes Meyrick, 1928

The larvae feed on Randia rudis (Rubiaceae). They probably mine the leaves of their host plant.

References
  1. Afrotropical Gracillariidae
  2. Global Taxonomic Database of Gracillariidae (Lepidoptera)


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