Paralopostega filiforma
| Paralopostega filiforma | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Opostegidae |
| Genus: | Paralopostega |
| Species: | P. filiforma |
| Binomial name | |
| Paralopostega filiforma (Swezey, 1921) | |
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Paralopostega filiforma is a moth of the Opostegidae family. It is endemic to the Hawaiian island of Oahu.
The larvae feed on Melicope clusiaefolia, Melicope elliptica and Melicope sapotaefolia. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine is very slender and thread-like, wandering without any special order throughout the leaf, finally going down into the petiole and mining in the cambium layer.
External links
- Generic Revision of the Opostegidae, with a Synoptic Catalog of the World's Species (Lepidoptera: Nepticuloidea)
- Insects of Hawaii. Volume 9, Microlepidoptera
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