''Dialectica geometra'' is a

moth Moths are a paraphyletic group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not butterflies, with moths making up the vast majority of the order. There are thought to be approximately 160,000 species of moth, many of ...

of the family

Gracillariidae Gracillariidae is an important family of insects in the order Lepidoptera and the principal family of leaf miners that includes several economic, horticultural or recently invasive pest species such as the horse-chestnut leaf miner, ''Camerar ...

. It is known from

Hong Kong Hong Kong ( (US) or (UK); , ), officially the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China (abbr. Hong Kong SAR or HKSAR), is a city and special administrative region of China on the eastern Pearl River Delta i ...

, Japan (the Ryukyu Islands),

India India, officially the Republic of India ( Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the second-most populous country, and the most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the ...

(West Bengal, Tamil Nadu, Bihar, Delhi and Uttar Pradesh) and

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. It has recently been recorded from China. The

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is 6.5–8.2 mm.Japanese species of the Acrocercops-group (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae). Part I
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e feed on ''

Cordia amplifolia ''Cordia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the borage family, Boraginaceae. It contains about 300 species of shrubs and trees, that are found worldwide, mostly in warmer regions. Many of the species are commonly called manjack, while ''bocote ...

'', ''

Cordia myxa ''Cordia myxa'', the Assyrian plum, is a mid-sized, deciduous tree in the borage family (Boraginaceae), native to Asia. It produces small, edible fruit and is found in warmer areas across Africa and Asia. Other common names include lasura, lav ...

'', ''

Ehretia laevis ''Ehretia laevis'' is a small tree belonging to the family Boraginaceae. It is native tree of Asia, and found in China, Bhutan, India, Pakistan, Laos, Myanmar, and Vietnam Vietnam or Viet Nam ( vi, Việt Nam, ), officially the Socialis ...

'' and ''

Ehretia ''Ehretia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the borage family, Boraginaceae. It contains about 50 species. The generic name honors German botanical illustrator Georg Dionysius Ehret (1708–1770). Species Accepted species and other nota ...

'' species, including ''

Ehretia microphylla ''Ehretia microphylla'', synonym ''Carmona retusa'', also known as the Fukien tea tree or Philippine tea tree, is a species of flowering plant in the borage family, Boraginaceae. Description ''Ehretia microphylla'' is a shrub growing to 4 ...

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the leaves of their host plant.

References

Moths described in 1916 Dialectica (moth) Moths of Asia Moths of Japan Moths of Africa {{Acrocercopinae-stub