Corethrovalva allophylina
Corethrovalva allophylina is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from South Africa.[2]
| Corethrovalva allophylina | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Gracillariidae |
| Genus: | Corethrovalva |
| Species: | C. allophylina |
| Binomial name | |
| Corethrovalva allophylina Vári, 1961[1] | |
The larvae feed on Allophylus transvaalensis. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine has the form of a moderate, irregular, whitish, transparent blotch-mine. It is oblong or more or less rounded.
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