Dialectica galapagosensis is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from the Galápagos Islands.[1]
Dialectica galapagosensis | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Gracillariidae |
Genus: | Dialectica |
Species: | D. galapagosensis
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Binomial name | |
Dialectica galapagosensis Landry, 2006
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The larvae feed on Macraea laricifolia. They probably mine the leaves of their host plant.
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