Gracillaria verina

Last updated

Gracillaria verina
Scientific classification Red Pencil Icon.png
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gracillariidae
Genus: Gracillaria
Species:
G. verina
Binomial name
Gracillaria verina
Clarke, 1971

Gracillaria verina is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from Rapa Iti in French Polynesia. [1]

The wingspan is 10 mm. [2]

Related Research Articles

<i>Brassica</i> genus of flowering plants in the cabbage family Brassicaceae

Brassica is a genus of plants in the cabbage and mustard family (Brassicaceae). The members of the genus are informally known as cruciferous vegetables, cabbages, or mustard plants. Crops from this genus are sometimes called cole crops—derived from the Latin caulis, denoting the stem or stalk of a plant.

Gracillarioidea

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 Family of insects in the order Lepidoptera and the principal family of leaf miners that includes several economic, horticultural or recently invasive pest species

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.

Metriochroa is a genus of moths in the family Gracillariidae.

<i>Phyllocnistis</i> Genus of moths

Phyllocnistis is a genus of moths in the family Gracillariidae.

Prophyllocnistis is a genus of moths in the family Gracillariidae.

Metriochroa scotinopa is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from Ethiopia.

Metriochroa tylophorae is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from South Africa.

<i>Stomphastis thraustica</i> Species of moth

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.

Caloptilia modica is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from Madagascar.

Caloptilia prosticta is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from Madagascar, Nigeria, the Seychelles, South Africa and Sri Lanka.

Phodoryctis dolichophila is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from South Africa and Zimbabwe.

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 praeustella is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from Java, Indonesia. The hostplants for the species include Nauclea orientalis.

Neolithocolletis pentadesma is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from Indonesia (Java), Malaysia, the Philippines (Luzon) and the Seychelles.

Caloptilia theivora is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from Brunei, China, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia (Java), Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Thailand and Vietnam.

Caloptilia bipunctata is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from Japan (Honshū).

Macarostola pontificalis is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from the Austral Islands of French Polynesia.

Gracillariinae

Gracillariinae are a subfamily of moths which was described by Henry Tibbats Stainton in 1854.

References