Pleiomorpha homotypa is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is found in South Africa.[2]
| Pleiomorpha homotypa | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Gracillariidae |
| Genus: | Pleiomorpha |
| Species: | P. homotypa
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| Binomial name | |
| Pleiomorpha homotypa Vári, 1961[1]
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The larvae feed on Diospyros lycioides. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine has the form of a small, oblong, transparent, tentiform mine along the mid-rib.
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