Dialectica imperialella

Dialectica imperialella is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is found from Denmark to the Pyrenees, Italy and Romania and from Great Britain to Russia and Ukraine.

Dialectica imperialella
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gracillariidae
Genus: Dialectica
Species:
D. imperialella
Binomial name
Dialectica imperialella
(Zeller, 1847)[1]
Synonyms
  • Gracilaria imperialella Zeller, 1847
  • Dialectica splendidella (Stainton, 1851)

Adults are on wing in May and June in one generation.[2]

The larvae feed on Buglossoides purpurocaerulea, Lithospermum officinale, Pulmonaria angustifolia, Pulmonaria officinalis and Symphytum officinale. They mine the leaves of their host plant.[3]

References

  1. Fauna Europaea
  2. "Lepidoptera of Belgium". Archived from the original on 2012-09-05. Retrieved 2010-11-05.
  3. "bladmineerders.nl". Archived from the original on 2012-04-19. Retrieved 2010-11-05.


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