Corethrovalva goniosema

Corethrovalva goniosema
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gracillariidae
Genus: Corethrovalva
Species: C. goniosema
Binomial name
Corethrovalva goniosema
Vári, 1961[1]

Corethrovalva goniosema is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is known from South Africa.[2]

The larvae feed on Allophylus natalensis. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine has the form of a rather small, irregular, oblong, transparent blotch-mine.

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