Dialectica imperialella is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is found from Denmark to the Pyrenees, Italy and Romania and from Great Britain to Russia and Ukraine.
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Gracillariidae |
Genus: | Dialectica |
Species: | D. imperialella
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Binomial name | |
Dialectica imperialella | |
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Adults are on wing in May and June in one generation.[2]
The larvae feed on Buglossoides purpurocaerulea, Lithospermum officinale, Pulmonaria angustifolia, Pulmonaria officinalis and Symphytum officinale. They mine the leaves of their host plant.[3]
References
edit- ^ Fauna Europaea
- ^ "Lepidoptera of Belgium". Archived from the original on 2012-09-05. Retrieved 2010-11-05.
- ^ "bladmineerders.nl". Archived from the original on 2012-04-19. Retrieved 2010-11-05.