Cryptolectica lazaroi

Cryptolectica lazaroi
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gracillariidae
Genus: Cryptolectica
Species: C. lazaroi
Binomial name
Cryptolectica lazaroi
Landry, 2006

Cryptolectica lazaroi is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is known from the Galápagos Islands.[1]

The larvae feed on Ageratum conyzoides and Synedrella nodiflora. They probably mine the leaves of their host plant.

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