Dialectica (genus) (Echium leaf-miners)


Dark brown with zizag white area along forewing hindmargin. Body length about 4 mm. 

The Caterpillar of Dialectica scalariella was introduced deliberately from the Mediterranean region into Australia to control Paterson's Curse ( Echium plantagineum ).


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Regional distribution

Dialectica (genus) is listed in the following regions:

829,287 sightings of 23,541 species from 15,229 members
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