Elachista saccharella

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Elachista saccharella
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Elachistidae
Genus: Elachista
Species:
E. saccharella
Binomial name
Elachista saccharella
(Busck, 1933) [1]
Synonyms
  • Donacivola saccharellaBusck, 1933

Elachista saccharella, the sugarcane leafminer moth, is a moth of the family Elachistidae. It is found in Florida, [2] and Louisiana in the United States and in Cuba.

The larvae feed on Saccharum species. They mine the leaves of their host plant. [3]

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References

  1. mothphotographersgroup
  2. Kaila, L., 1999b: A revision of the Nearctic species of the genus Elachista s. l. III. The bifasciella, praelineata, saccharella and freyerella groups (Lepidoptera, Elachistidae). Acta Zoologica Fennica, 211: 1-235.
  3. Elachista saccharella (Lepidoptera: Elachistidae), a Leafminer Infesting Sugarcane in Louisiana