Telamoptilia geyeri | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Gracillariidae |
Genus: | Telamoptilia |
Species: | T. geyeri |
Binomial name | |
Telamoptilia geyeri (Vári, 1961)[1] |
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Telamoptilia geyeri is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is known from Zimbabwe and South Africa.[2]
The larvae feed on Pavonia columella. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine has the form of a large, very irregular, transparent blotch-mine.