| Artifodina himalaica | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Gracillariidae |
| Genus: | Artifodina |
| Species: | A. himalaica |
| Binomial name | |
| Artifodina himalaica Kumata, 1985 [1] | |
Artifodina himalaica is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from Nepal. [2]
The wingspan is 7–11 mm.
The larvae feed on Myrsine semiserrata . They mine the leaves of their host plant.
Gracillarioidea is a large superfamily containing four families of insects in the order Lepidoptera. These generally small moths are miners in plant tissue as caterpillars. There are about 113 described genera distributed worldwide, the most commonly encountered of which are leaf miners in the family Gracillariidae.
Gracillariidae is an important family of insects in the order Lepidoptera and the principal family of leaf miners that includes several economic, horticultural or recently invasive pest species such as the horse-chestnut leaf miner, Cameraria ohridella.
Epicephala is a genus of moths in the family Gracillariidae.
Phyllocnistis is a genus of moths in the family Gracillariidae.
Monocercops is a genus of moths in the family Gracillariidae.
The European oak leaf-miner or Zeller's midget is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is found in Europe south of the line running from Ireland, through Great Britain, Denmark to Ukraine. It is also found in Macaronesia. It is an introduced species in New Zealand and Australia.
Aristaea bathracma is a species of moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from China, Thailand, Japan (Honshū), the Russian Far East, Mozambique, South Africa, Réunion and Uganda.
Stomphastis thraustica is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from Democratic Republic of Congo, Congo, Central African Republic, Ghana, Nigeria, Namibia, Zimbabwe, South Africa, Madagascar, Malaysia, Indonesia and India. It was recently also recorded from China.
Spulerina hexalocha is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from Reunion, Sierra Leone and South Africa.
Macarostola eugeniella is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from Madagascar, Mauritius and Réunion.
Dialectica geometra is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from Hong Kong, Japan, India and Réunion. It has recently been recorded from China.
Corythoxestis sunosei is a moth of the family Gracillariidae, known from Japan (Kyūshū) and China.
Eumetriochroa hederae is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from the islands of Honshū, Kyūshū, Shikoku in Japan and in China.
Chrysaster ostensackenella is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from Ontario, Québec and Nova Scotia in Canada, and the United States. It has also been recorded in 2015 from China and in 2017 from Korea, and in 2022 from Central Italy.
Phyllocnistis puyehuensis is a moth of the family Gracillariidae, known from Chile. It was named by D.R. Davis in 1994.
Macrosaccus morrisella is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. In North America it is known from Manitoba, Ontario, and Quebec, south and west to Texas and Colorado.
Caloptilia chrysitis is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is endemic to New Zealand. The larvae of this species mine and fold the leaves of species in the genera Weinmannia andElaeocarpus as well as Knightia excelsa, although only rarely for the later species.
Caloptilia elaeas is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from New Zealand.
Caloptilia porphyretica is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from North Carolina and New Jersey in the United States.
Gracillariinae are a subfamily of moths which was described by Henry Tibbats Stainton in 1854.
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