Chileoptilia
| Chileoptilia | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Gracillariidae |
| Genus: | Chileoptilia Vargas & Landry, 2005 |
| Species: | C. yaroella |
| Binomial name | |
| Chileoptilia yaroella Vargas & Landry, 2005 | |
Chileoptilia yaroella is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is known from Chile.[1]
The larvae feed on Acacia macrantha. They feed on the flowers of their host plant. It lives inside the flowers, moving from one flower to the other. No mining stage was observed.
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