Areticulata
Areticulata | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Nepticulidae |
Genus: | Areticulata Scoble, 1983 |
Species: | A. leucosideae |
Binomial name | |
Areticulata leucosideae Scoble, 1983 | |
Areticulata is a genus of moths of the Nepticulidae family, it contains only one species Areticulata leucosideae, which is found in South Africa.[1]
The larvae feed on Leucosidea sericea. They probably mine the leaves of their host plant.