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Ectropina sclerochitoni

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Ectropina sclerochitoni
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gracillariidae
Genus: Ectropina
Species:
E. sclerochitoni
Binomial name
Ectropina sclerochitoni
Vári, 1961[1]

Ectropina sclerochitoni is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from Nigeria and South Africa.[2]

The larvae feed on Sclerochiton harveyanus. They probably mine the leaves of their host plant.

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