Gisilia stereodoxa

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Gisilia stereodoxa
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Cosmopterigidae
Genus: Gisilia
Species:
G. stereodoxa
Binomial name
Gisilia stereodoxa
(Meyrick, 1925) [1]
Synonyms
  • Ascalenia stereodoxaMeyrick, 1925
  • Ascalenia evitansMeyrick, 1925
  • Stagmatophora alfieriellaRebel, 1926

Gisilia stereodoxa is a moth in the family Cosmopterigidae. It is found along the coast of the Mediterranean area (also on Sardinia and Malta) and Egypt to Iran and India. [2] It has recently been recorded from Kenya and Namibia. [3]

The wingspan is 7–9 mm. Adults have been recorded from January to February, April to May and from July to October.

The larvae feed on the inflorescences of Acacia nilotica , Acacia tortilis and probably other Acacia species.

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References

  1. Fauna Europaea
  2. Faunistic notes on Momphidae, Batrachedridae, Stathmopodidae and Cosmopterigidae from the Maltese Islands Archived March 20, 2012, at the Wayback Machine
  3. De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2017). "Gisilia stereodoxa (Meyrick, 1925)". Afromoths. Retrieved December 18, 2017.