Dialectica sanctaecrucis

Dialectica sanctaecrucis is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Jamaica, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands (Saint John, Saint Croix and Saint Thomas) and the Galápagos Islands.[1]

Dialectica sanctaecrucis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gracillariidae
Genus: Dialectica
Species:
D. sanctaecrucis
Binomial name
Dialectica sanctaecrucis

The larvae feed on Solanum melongena and Solanum torvum. They probably mine the leaves of their host plant.

Subspecies

  • Dialectica sanctaecrucis sanctaecrucis
  • Dialectica sanctaecrucis darwini Landry, 2006 (Galápagos Islands)
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