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'''''Spulerina lochmaea''''' is a [[moth]] of the family [[Gracillariidae]]. It is known from [[South Africa]].<ref>[http://www.gracillariidae.net/species_by_code/SPULLOCH Global Taxonomic Database of Gracillariidae (Lepidoptera)]</ref>
'''''Spulerina lochmaea''''' is a [[moth]] of the family [[Gracillariidae]]. It is known from [[South Africa]].<ref>[http://www.gracillariidae.net/species_by_code/SPULLOCH Global Taxonomic Database of Gracillariidae (Lepidoptera)]</ref><ref>{{aut|Vári, L.}}, 1961: South African Lepidoptera. Vol. I. Lithocolletidae. ''Transvaal Museum Memoir'' 12: 238 pp. 112 pls.</ref>


The [[larva]]e feed on ''[[Mangifera indica]]''. They probably [[leaf miner|mine]] the leaves of their host plant.
The [[larva]]e feed on ''[[Mangifera indica]]''. They probably [[leaf miner|mine]] the leaves of their host plant.

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Spulerina lochmaea
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gracillariidae
Genus: Spulerina
Species:
S. lochmaea
Binomial name
Spulerina lochmaea
Vári, 1961[1]

Spulerina lochmaea is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from South Africa.[2][3]

The larvae feed on Mangifera indica. They probably mine the leaves of their host plant.

References[edit]

  1. ^ Afrotropical Gracillariidae
  2. ^ Global Taxonomic Database of Gracillariidae (Lepidoptera)
  3. ^ Vári, L., 1961: South African Lepidoptera. Vol. I. Lithocolletidae. Transvaal Museum Memoir 12: 238 pp. 112 pls.