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Dialectica sanctaecrucis

Wikipedia Abstract

Dialectica sanctaecrucis is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is known from Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Jamaica, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands (Saint John, Saint Croix and Saint Thomas) and the Galápagos Islands. The larvae feed on Solanum melongena and Solanum torvum. They probably mine the leaves of their host plant.
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Infraspecies

Dialectica sanctaecrucis darwini
Dialectica sanctaecrucis sanctaecrucis

Prey / Diet

Solanum jacquinii (Baingun cultivated eggplnat)[1]
Solanum torvum (Turkey Berry)[1]

Prey / Diet Overlap

Competing SpeciesCommon Prey Count
Acrocercops undifraga1

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