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Alucita pygmaea

Wikipedia Abstract

Alucita pygmaea is a species of moth of the Alucitidae family. It is found in the northern half of Australia, as well as Fiji. The wingspan is about 8 mm. The larvae feed on Canthium oleifolium.
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Prey / Diet

Psydrax oleifolius[1]
Vitex trifolia (simpleleaf chastetree)[2]

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Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Species Interactions of Australia Database, Atlas of Living Australia, Version ala-csv-2012-11-19
♦ 2HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants Gaden S. Robinson, Phillip R. Ackery, Ian J. Kitching, George W. Beccaloni AND Luis M. Hernández
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0