| Aristaea onychota | |
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Gracillariidae |
| Genus: | Aristaea |
| Species: | A. onychota |
| Binomial name | |
| Aristaea onychota | |
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Aristaea onychota is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from Nigeria, Réunion,[2] São Tomé and Príncipe, South Africa and Zambia.[3]
The larvae feed on Lantana camara, Lantana rugosa, Lippia asperifolia and Lippia javanica.[3] They mine the leaves of their host plant.
References
- ↑ Afrotropical Gracillariidae Archived March 17, 2012, at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ Bippus, M., 2019. New records of Gracillariidae (Lepidoptera) from the islands of Madagascar, Mauritius and Réunion. - Phelsuma 27 (2019); 18-35.
- 1 2 Aristaea onychota (Meyrick, 1908), AfroMoths, an online database of Afrotropical moth species
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