Telamoptilia cathedraea

Telamoptilia cathedraea
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gracillariidae
Genus: Telamoptilia
Species:
T. cathedraea
Binomial name
Telamoptilia cathedraea
(Meyrick, 1908)
Synonyms
  • Acrocercops cathedraea Meyrick, 1908

Telamoptilia cathedraea is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from India (Meghalaya, Bihar), Taiwan, Japan (Kyūshū, the Ryukyu Islands) and Madagascar.

The wingspan is 7–8 mm.

The larvae feed on Urena lobata and Urena tomentosa. They probably mine the leaves of their host plant.

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