Telamoptilia geyeri

Telamoptilia geyeri
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gracillariidae
Genus: Telamoptilia
Species: T. geyeri
Binomial name
Telamoptilia geyeri
(Vári, 1961)[1]
Synonyms
  • Acrocercops geyeri Vári, 1961

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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