| Macarostola coccinea | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Gracillariidae |
| Genus: | Macarostola |
| Species: | M. coccinea |
| Binomial name | |
| Macarostola coccinea (Walsingham, 1900) | |
Macarostola coccinea is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from Tamil Nadu, India. [1]
The larvae feed on Myrtus species. They probably 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.
Philodoria is a genus of moths in the family Gracillariidae. All species are endemic to Hawaii. It was first described by Lord Walsingham in 1907.
Phyllonorycter is a genus of moths in the family Gracillariidae.
Phyllonorycter agilella is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is found in Latvia central Russia, Pyrenees, Italy and Bulgaria and from France to eastern Russia.
Epicephala is a genus of moths in the family Gracillariidae.
Phyllocnistis is a genus of moths in the family Gracillariidae.
Corythoxestis aletreuta is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from Ethiopia, Nigeria, Rwanda, Tanzania and Uganda.
Telamoptilia cathedraea is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from India, Taiwan, Japan and Madagascar.
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.
Stomphastis rorkei is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known to live in South Africa, Namibia and Zimbabwe.
Phodoryctis caerulea is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from India, Malaysia (Sabah), Indonesia (Java), Sri Lanka, Fiji, Guam, the Solomon Islands, Japan and Taiwan, as well as Tanzania.
Conopobathra gravissima is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from India, Indonesia (Java), Malaysia (Selangor), the Bismarck Archipelago, Thailand, South Africa, Kenya, Namibia and Zimbabwe.
Caloptilia isotoma is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from Nigeria, Namibia, Zimbabwe and South Africa.
Caloptilia pentaplaca is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from Namibia, Nigeria, the Seychelles and South Africa.
Caloptilia prosticta is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from Madagascar, Nigeria, the Seychelles, South Africa and Sri Lanka.
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 soyella is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from Cape Verde, China, Fiji, India, Indonesia (Java), Japan, Sri Lanka and Vietnam.
Gracillariinae are a subfamily of moths which was described by Henry Tibbats Stainton in 1854.
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