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Arachnographa micrastrella

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Oecophoridae

Rank
  
Species

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Arachnographa

Arachnographa micrastrella

Scientific name
  
Arachnographa micrastrella

Arachnographa micrastrella is a moth of the Oecophoridae family. It is known from New South Wales, Queensland and Victoria.

Adults have rusty brown forewings with a central white dot and a thin gray diagonal stripe across the margin.

The larvae feed on the green leaves or branchlets of Exocarpos cupressiformis, Hakea species (inclcuding Hakea sericea) and introduced Juniperus species (including Juniperus hybernica) and Pinus species (including Pinus radiata, Pinus pinaster and Pinus elliottii). They tie green branchlets or leaves with silk.

References

Arachnographa micrastrella Wikipedia