Dialectica imperialella
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Gracillariidae |
| Genus: | Dialectica |
| Species: | D. imperialella
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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.
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[edit]
- ^ Fauna Europaea
- ^ "Lepidoptera of Belgium". Archived from the original on 2012-09-05. Retrieved 2010-11-05.
- ^ "bladmineerders.nl". Archived from the original on 2012-04-19. Retrieved 2010-11-05.
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