Amblyptila strophanthina
Amblyptila strophanthina | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Gracillariidae |
Genus: | Amblyptila |
Species: | A. strophanthina |
Binomial name | |
Amblyptila strophanthina Vári, 1961[1] | |
Amblyptila strophanthina is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is known from South Africa.[2]
The larvae feed on Strophanthus species. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine has the form of a moderate, irregularly rounded or oval, transparent blotch-mine.
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