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 
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| 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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