Telamoptilia geyeri
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| 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.
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