Dialectica geometra is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from Hong Kong, Japan (the Ryukyu Islands), India (West Bengal, Tamil Nadu, Bihar, Delhi and Uttar Pradesh) and Réunion.[3] It has recently been recorded from China.[4]

Dialectica geometra
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gracillariidae
Genus: Dialectica
Species:
D. geometra
Binomial name
Dialectica geometra
(Meyrick, 1916)[1]
Synonyms
  • Acrocercops geometra Meyrick, 1916

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The wingspan is 6.5–8.2 mm.[5]

The larvae feed on Cordia amplifolia, Cordia myxa, Ehretia laevis and Ehretia species, including Ehretia microphylla. They mine the leaves of their host plant.

References

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  1. ^ Japanese Moths
  2. ^ Meyrick, E. 1916a. Exotic Microlepidoptera 1. – 1(16–20): page 626.
  3. ^ Global Taxonomic Database of Gracillariidae (Lepidoptera)
  4. ^ "A New Record Genus and Species of Gracillariidae (Lepidoptera) from China". Archived from the original on 2011-07-07. Retrieved 2010-11-16.
  5. ^ Japanese species of the Acrocercops-group (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae). Part I