Neurostrota cupreella

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Neurostrota cupreella
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Infraorder:
Heteroneura
Family:
Gracillariidae
Genus:
Neurostrota
Species:
N. cupreella
Binomial name
Neurostrota cupreella
(Walsingham, 1897)
Synonyms
  • Eucosmophora cupreellaWalsingham, 1897

Neurostrota cupreella is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from Jamaica [1] and Cuba.

Moth Group of mostly-nocturnal insects in the order Lepidoptera

Moths comprise a group of insects related to butterflies, belonging to the order Lepidoptera. Most lepidopterans are moths, and there are thought to be approximately 160,000 species of moth, many of which have yet to be described. Most species of moth are nocturnal, but there are also crepuscular and diurnal species.

Gracillariidae family of insects

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.

Jamaica Country in the Caribbean

Jamaica is an island country situated in the Caribbean Sea. Spanning 10,990 square kilometres (4,240 sq mi) in area, it is the third-largest island of the Greater Antilles and the fourth-largest island country in the Caribbean. Jamaica lies about 145 kilometres (90 mi) south of Cuba, and 191 kilometres (119 mi) west of Hispaniola.

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Gracillarioidea superfamily of insects

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.

<i>Epicephala</i> genus of insects

Epicephala is a genus of moths in the family Gracillariidae.

Caloptilia megalotis is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from New South Wales, Australia and Meghalaya, India.

Corythoxestis aletreuta is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from Ethiopia, Nigeria, Rwanda, Tanzania and Uganda.

<i>Stomphastis thraustica</i> species of insect

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.

<i>Phodoryctis caerulea</i> species of insect

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.

Pareclectis prionota is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from South Africa and Zimbabwe.

Conopobathra carbunculata is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from South Africa, Namibia and Zimbabwe.

Caloptilia leptospila is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from South Africa.

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.

Callicercops triceros is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from Mauritius, Namibia, Zambia, Zimbabwe and South Africa.

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

<i>Acrocercops bifasciata</i> species of insect

Acrocercops bifasciata is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from Cameroon, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Malawi, Nigeria, Somalia, Sudan, Tanzania, Gambia, Uganda and India.

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.

Caloptilia hypodroma is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from Fujian, China.

Caloptilia scutellariella is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from Ontario, Canada, and Ohio and Michigan in the United States.

Gracillariinae subfamily of insects

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

References

  1. ↑ Global Taxonomic Database of Gracillariidae (Lepidoptera)


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