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Dialectica rendalli

Wikipedia Abstract

Dialectica rendalli is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is known from Jamaica, Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands (Saint Croix and Saint Thomas). The larvae feed on Hibiscus rosa-sinensis. They probably mine the leaves of their host plant.
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Prey / Diet

Hibiscus rosa-sinensis (chinese hibiscus)[1]

Prey / Diet Overlap

Competing SpeciesCommon Prey Count
Lamponius portoricensis (Walkingstick)1

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1HOSTS - 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