Macarostola zehntneri

Macarostola zehntneri
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gracillariidae
Genus: Macarostola
Species: M. zehntneri
Binomial name
Macarostola zehntneri
(Snellen, 1902)
Synonyms
  • Pammeces zehntneri Snellen, 1902

Macarostola zehntneri is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is known from Maharashtra, India; Java, Indonesia; and Malaysia.[1]

It has a wingspan of 10 mm.[2]

The larvae feed on Eugenia aquea, Eugenia cumini and Eugenia jambolana. They probably mine the leaves of their host plant.

References

  1. ↑ Global Taxonomic Database of Gracillariidae (Lepidoptera)
  2. ↑ (in Dutch) Snellen, P. C. T. 1902. Beschrijvingen van nieuwe exotische Tortricinen, Tineinen en Pterophorinen benevens aanteekeningen over reeds bekend gemaakte soorten. - Tijdschrift voor Entomologie 44 (1901):67–98, pl. 6.


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