(Life: Kingdom: Metazoa (animals); Phylum: Arthropoda; Class: Hexapoda; Order: Lepidoptera)
Other Insects feeding on figs
Latex sabotage of fig leaves by moth caterpillars.
Myrina dermaptera (Lesser fig-tree blue, Scarce fig-tree blue).
Myrina silenus (Common fig-tree blue).
Photographs © Steve Woodhall or © Simon van Noort (Iziko Museums).
Web authors Simon van Noort (Iziko South African Museum)
and Jean-Yves Rasplus (INRA, France)
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