Macarostola miniella

Macarostola miniella
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gracillariidae
Genus: Macarostola
Species: M. miniella
Binomial name
Macarostola miniella
(Felder & Rogenhofer, 1875)
Synonyms
  • Stathmopoda miniella Felder & Rogenhofer, 1875
  • Gracilaria ethela (Meyrick, 1880)

Macarostola miniella is a moth of the Gracillariidae family.[1] It is endemic to New Zealand.[2] The larvae are leaf miners on Syzygium maire, a tree species also endemic to New Zealand.[3]

References

  1. Global Taxonomic Database of Gracillariidae (Lepidoptera)
  2. New Zealand Organisms Register (NZOR)
  3. Hoare, R. (Photographs by O. Ball) 2014: A photographic guide to moths & butterflies of New Zealand. New Holland Publishers (NZ) Ltd. ISBN 9781869663995
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