Aspilapteryx grypota

Aspilapteryx grypota is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from South Africa.[2]

Aspilapteryx grypota
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gracillariidae
Genus: Aspilapteryx
Species:
A. grypota
Binomial name
Aspilapteryx grypota
(Meyrick, 1914)[1]
Synonyms
  • Gracilaria grypota Meyrick, 1914

The larvae feed on Salix babylonica. They probably mine the leaves of their host plant.

References
  1. Afrotropical Gracillariidae Archived July 23, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
  2. Global Taxonomic Database of Gracillariidae (Lepidoptera)


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