Global InformationSimacauda dicommatias information
| Simacauda dicommatias | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Incurvariidae |
| Genus: | Simacauda |
| Species: | S. dicommatias
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| Binomial name | |
| Simacauda dicommatias (Meyrick, 1931)
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| Synonyms | |
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Lampronia dicommatias Meyrick, 1931 | |
Simacauda dicommatias is a moth of the family Incurvariidae found in South America. It was described by the English amateur entomologist, Edward Meyrick in 1931. The larvae are leaf miners and feed within the leaves of Chilean myrtle (Luma apiculata). In 2020 leaf mines were found at Trengwainton Garden, Cornwall; the first known occurrence in Europe.