Eucosmophora sideroxylonella

Eucosmophora sideroxylonella
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gracillariidae
Genus: Eucosmophora
Species:
E. sideroxylonella
Binomial name
Eucosmophora sideroxylonella
Busck, 1900
Synonyms
  • Acrocercops sideroxylonella
  • Eucosmophora sideroxylella Meyrick, 1912
  • Eucosmophora sideroxyloniella (Dyar, [1903])

Eucosmophora sideroxylonella is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from Cuba and Florida.[1]

The length of the forewings is 3.4 mm for males and 3.8 mm for females.[2]

The larvae feed on Lyonia fruticosa, Dipholis salicifolia, Manilkara jaimiqui, Sideroxylon foetidissimum, Sideroxylon celastrinum and Sideroxylon pallidum. They mine the leaves of their host plant.

References

  1. ^ Global Taxonomic Database of Gracillariidae (Lepidoptera)
  2. ^ Biology and systematics of the neotropical leafminer genus Eucosmophora (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae)


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