Dialectica galapagosensis

Dialectica galapagosensis is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from the Galápagos Islands.[1]

Dialectica galapagosensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gracillariidae
Genus: Dialectica
Species:
D. galapagosensis
Binomial name
Dialectica galapagosensis
Landry, 2006

The larvae feed on Macraea laricifolia. They probably mine the leaves of their host plant.

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