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 ).
Dialectica (genus) is listed in the following regions:
Canberra & Southern Tablelands
Species information
- Dialectica (genus) Scientific name
- Echium leaf-miners Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 643.1m Recorded at altitude
- Machine learning
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Location information
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Maps
Dryandra St Woodland
