''Epicephala orientale'' is a
moth of the family
Gracillariidae. It is known from
India (West Bengal, Karnataka, Meghalaya).
Global Taxonomic Database of Gracillariidae (Lepidoptera)
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The larvae feed on '' Bauhinia'' species, including '' Bauhinia purpurea'' and ''Bauhinia variegata
''Bauhinia variegata'' is a species of flowering plant in the legume family, Fabaceae. It is native to an area from China through Southeast Asia to the Indian subcontinent. Common names include orchid tree (though not belonging to the family O ...
''. They probably mine
Mine, mines, miners or mining may refer to:
Extraction or digging
* Miner, a person engaged in mining or digging
*Mining, extraction of mineral resources from the ground through a mine
Grammar
*Mine, a first-person English possessive pronoun
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the leaves of their host plant.
References
Epicephala
Moths of Asia
Moths described in 1856
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