Dialectica aemula

Dialectica aemula is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from Australia (the Northern Territory, Tasmania, Queensland and Victoria), India (Bihar) and Nepal.[1]

Dialectica aemula
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gracillariidae
Genus: Dialectica
Species:
D. aemula
Binomial name
Dialectica aemula
(Meyrick, 1916)

The adult is similar to Dialectica scalariella, which was introduced deliberately into Australia, but the cocoons are more easily distinguished.[2][3]

The larvae feed on Cynoglossum species (including Cynoglossum australe, Cynoglossum lanceolatum and Cynoglossum suaveolens), Trichodesma indicum and Trichodesma zeylanicum. They mine the leaves of their host plant.

References
  1. Global Taxonomic Database of Gracillariidae (Lepidoptera)
  2. Australian Insects
  3. The Native Dialectica aemula (Meyrick) and the Introduced Dialectica scalariella (Zeller) (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae) in Australia: Characterisation of Two Closely Related Species on Boraginaceae


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