| Macarostola flora | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Gracillariidae |
| Genus: | Macarostola |
| Species: | M. flora |
| Binomial name | |
| Macarostola flora | |
| Synonyms | |
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Macarostola flora is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from South Africa. [2]
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.
Eumetriochroa is a genus of moths in the family Gracillariidae.
Phyllocnistis is a genus of moths in the family Gracillariidae.
Parornix traugotti is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from Denmark, the Baltic States, Poland, the Central Asian part of Russia and Sweden.
Caloptilia suberinella is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from the Netherlands, Sweden, Norway, Finland, Denmark, Germany, Switzerland, Poland, Latvia, Estonia, Ukraine, Russia and China. It was recently recorded from North America.
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.
Macarostola eugeniella is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from Madagascar and Mauritius.
Spulerina astaurota is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from India, Japan, Korea and the Russian Far East.
Corythoxestis praeustella is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from Java, Indonesia. The hostplants for the species include Nauclea orientalis.
Eumetriochroa kalopanacis is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from Japan.
Caloptilia hidakensis is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from the islands of Hokkaidō and Honshū in Japan and from the Russian Far East.
Callicercops iridocrossa is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from China and Japan. The wingspan is 9.2–11.8 millimetres (0.36–0.46 in). The larvae feed on Bauhinia japonica. They probably mine the leaves of their host plant.
Cryptolectica ensiformis is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from China (Hainan), India, Indonesia (Sulawesi), Japan and Thailand.
Caloptilia leucothoes is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from the islands of Hokkaidō, Honshū and Kyūshū in Japan, from the Russian Far East and from Korea.
Caloptilia ulmi is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from China, Japan and the Russian Far East.
Caloptilia issikii is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from China, Japan and the Russian Far East.
Caloptilia palustriella is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from California, United States.
Gracillariinae are a subfamily of moths which was described by Henry Tibbats Stainton in 1854.
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