Corethrovalva allophylina
Corethrovalva allophylina | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Gracillariidae |
Genus: | Corethrovalva |
Species: | C. allophylina |
Binomial name | |
Corethrovalva allophylina Vári, 1961[1] | |
Corethrovalva allophylina is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is known from South Africa.[2]
The larvae feed on Allophylus transvaalensis. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine has the form of a moderate, irregular, whitish, transparent blotch-mine. It is oblong or more or less rounded.