| Aristaea onychota | |
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| Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota | 
| Kingdom: | Animalia | 
| Phylum: | Arthropoda | 
| Class: | Insecta | 
| Order: | Lepidoptera | 
| Family: | Gracillariidae | 
| Genus: | Aristaea | 
| Species: | A. onychota  | 
| Binomial name | |
| Aristaea onychota | |
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Aristaea onychota is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from Nigeria, Réunion,[2] São Tomé and Príncipe, South Africa and Zambia.[3]
The larvae feed on Lantana camara, Lantana rugosa, Lippia asperifolia and Lippia javanica.[3] They mine the leaves of their host plant.
References
- ↑ Afrotropical Gracillariidae Archived March 17, 2012, at the Wayback Machine
 - ↑ Bippus, M., 2019. New records of Gracillariidae (Lepidoptera) from the islands of Madagascar, Mauritius and Réunion. - Phelsuma 27 (2019); 18-35.
 - 1 2 Aristaea onychota (Meyrick, 1908), AfroMoths, an online database of Afrotropical moth species
 
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