Conopomorphina ochnivora

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

Conopomorphina ochnivora
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Infraorder:
Heteroneura
Family:
Gracillariidae
Genus:
Conopomorphina
Species:
C. ochnivora
Binomial name
Conopomorphina ochnivora
Vári, 1961[1]

The larvae feed on Ochna pulchra. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine has the form of a moderate, irregular, transparent blotch-mine in young leaves.

References
  1. Afrotropical Gracillariidae Archived 2012-08-18 at the Wayback Machine
  2. Global Taxonomic Database of Gracillariidae (Lepidoptera)


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