Aspilapteryx grypota

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Aspilapteryx grypota
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gracillariidae
Genus: Aspilapteryx
Species:
A. grypota
Binomial name
Aspilapteryx grypota
(Meyrick, 1914)[1]
Synonyms
  • Gracilaria grypota Meyrick, 1914

Aspilapteryx grypota is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from South Africa.[2]

The larvae feed on Salix babylonica. They probably mine the leaves of their host plant.

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