Spulerina lochmaea is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from South Africa.[2]
| Spulerina lochmaea | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Gracillariidae |
| Genus: | Spulerina |
| Species: | S. lochmaea |
| Binomial name | |
| Spulerina lochmaea | |
The larvae feed on Mangifera indica.,[3] they mine the leaves of their host plant.
S. lochmea was first described from a female specimen found at Mariepskop in South Africa. The moths have white heads and brown-grey antennae with white and pale grey undersides. Their abdomens are also brown-grey above and white below; the thorax is "whitish". Their hindwings and cilia are also grey-brown but their forewings are ochre brown with black-edged white layers of tissue. The holotype was 8 mm long.[4]
Further reading
edit- Davis, Don R., World Catalogue of Insects, Volume 6, Gracillariidae (Lepidoptera), doi:10.1603/0013-8746(2006)099[0186:WCOIVG]2.0.CO;2
References
edit- ↑ De Prins, J.; De Prins, W. "Spulerina lochmaea Vári, 1961". Global Taxonomic Database of Gracillariidae (Lepidoptera). Retrieved 13 August 2024.
- ↑ Vári, L. (1961). "South African Lepidoptera. Vol. I. Lithocolletidae". Transvaal Museum Memoirs. 12: 187.
- ↑ "Spulerina lochmaea Vári, 1961". gracillariidae.net. Archived from the original on 13 Aug 2024.
- ↑ Vári, L. (1961). "Descriptions of genera and species 9". Transvaal Museum Memoirs. 12 (1). hdl:10520/AJA0000012_375.
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