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 | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Gracillariidae |
Genus: | Dialectica |
Species: | D. sanctaecrucis |
Binomial name | |
Dialectica sanctaecrucis Walsingham, 1897 | |
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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