Dialectica rendalli is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from Jamaica, Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands (Saint Croix and Saint Thomas).[1]
Dialectica rendalli | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Gracillariidae |
Genus: | Dialectica |
Species: | D. rendalli
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Binomial name | |
Dialectica rendalli Walsingham, 1897
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The larvae feed on Hibiscus rosa-sinensis. They probably mine the leaves of their host plant.
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