Gisilia stereodoxa

Gisilia stereodoxa
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Cosmopterigidae
Genus: Gisilia
Species: G. stereodoxa
Binomial name
Gisilia stereodoxa
(Meyrick, 1925)[1]
Synonyms
  • Ascalenia stereodoxa Meyrick, 1925
  • Ascalenia evitans Meyrick, 1925
  • Stagmatophora alfieriella Rebel, 1926

Gisilia stereodoxa is a moth in the Cosmopterigidae family. It is found along the coast of the Mediterranean area (also on Sardinia and Malta) and Egypt to Iran and India.[2] It has recently been recorded from Kenya and Namibia.[3]

The wingspan is 7–9 mm. Adults have been recorded from January to February, April to May and from July to October.

The larvae feed on the inflorescences of Acacia nilotica, Acacia tortilis and probably other Acacia species.

References

  1. ↑ Fauna Europaea
  2. ↑ Faunistic notes on Momphidae, Batrachedridae, Stathmopodidae and Cosmopterigidae from the Maltese Islands
  3. ↑ Afro Moths
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