Eteoryctis syngramma

Eteoryctis syngramma is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from Hong Kong, India (Andaman Islands, Karnataka and the Nicobar Islands), Indonesia and Thailand.[1]

Eteoryctis syngramma
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gracillariidae
Genus: Eteoryctis
Species:
E. syngramma
Binomial name
Eteoryctis syngramma
(Meyrick, 1914)
Synonyms
  • Acrocercops syngramma Meyrick, 1914

The larvae feed on Anacardium occidentale and Mangifera indica. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine has the form of a rather large, round or elliptical blotch mine on the upperside of the leaf. It is greyish-white, including dark grains of frass.

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