Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Family Gracillariidae Scientific name Chileoptilia yaroella | Phylum Arthropoda Order Lepidoptera Species C. yaroella Rank Genus | |
Similar Parectopa, Phyllocnistis, Gracillariidae | ||
Chileoptilia yaroella is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is known from Chile.
The larvae feed on Acacia macrantha. They feed on the flowers of their host plant. It lives inside the flowers, moving from one flower to the other. No mining stage was observed.
References
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