Areticulata | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Nepticulidae |
Genus: |
Areticulata Scoble, 1983 |
Species: | A. leucosideae |
Binomial name | |
Areticulata leucosideae Scoble, 1983 |
Areticulata is a genus of moths of the Nepticulidae family, it contains only one species Areticulata leucosideae, which is found in South Africa.
The larvae feed on Leucosidea sericea. They probably mine the leaves of their host plant.